STATE OF NEW YORK
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4146
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
the photo image fee for veterans who have their license amended with a
veteran notation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 491 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as added by chapter 295 of the laws of 1983, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (d) There shall be no fee other than a fee prescribed in paragraph (c)
5 of this subdivision for an amended identification card. There shall be
6 no fee, including the fee prescribed in paragraph (c) of this subdivi-
7 sion, for an amended identification card for an amendment that solely
8 adds a veteran notation upon such identification card that the card
9 holder is a veteran of the United States armed forces pursuant to para-
10 graph (b) of subdivision three of section four hundred ninety of this
11 article.
12 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section
13 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws
14 of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
15 (ii) If a knowledge test or [test] tests are required to be passed to
16 secure an amended learner's permit or license, the fees for taking of
17 such test or tests specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall
18 be paid. However, if an amendment is to add only an endorsement or
19 endorsements which require only the passing of a knowledge test or
20 tests, a fee of five dollars shall be paid. If a road test or tests are
21 required to be passed to secure an amended license, the fees for taking
22 such test or tests specified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall
23 be paid. If no knowledge or road test is required to secure an amended
24 license, the fee required for such amended license shall be five
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 dollars. In addition, if the fee for the amended learner's permit or
2 license is greater than the fee for the learner's permit or license
3 being amended, the difference in fee shall be paid. If the amendment is
4 only to correct or update a driver's record, no fee other than the photo
5 image fee shall be required. No fee, including the photo image fee,
6 shall be charged for an amendment which solely adds a veteran notation
7 upon such license that the driver is a veteran of the United States
8 armed forces pursuant to paragraph (a-1) of subdivision one of section
9 five hundred four of this article.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
