Provides that photo images of a licensee contained on a renewal license shall be filed for no more than one year from the date of renewal; such provisions shall not apply to any person who is 62 years of age or older when he or she renews his or her license or learner's permit.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the age of
driver's license photographs contained on renewal licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2001, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The commissioner may by regulation provide that every driver's
5 license contain the photo image of the licensee. The learner's permit
6 may also contain the photo image of the permittee pursuant to regu-
7 lations established by the commissioner. A photo image of a licensee
8 contained on a renewal license for such licensee shall have been on file
9 with the department for no more than one year prior to the date on which
10 such license is renewed; provided, however, such requirement shall not
11 apply to the photo image of any person who is sixty-two years of age or
12 older when such person renews his or her license or learner's permit.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
14 law, and shall apply to licenses renewed on and after such date;
15 provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment
16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
17 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
18 and completed by the commissioner of motor vehicles on or before such
19 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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