STATE OF NEW YORK
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790
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 certain
requirements for renewing a driver's license
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of
3 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) A license issued pursuant to subdivision five of this section
5 shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such
6 license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed
7 by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law,
8 proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by
9 the commissioner, the applicant's social security number, and if
10 required by the commissioner a photo image of the applicant in such
11 numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe. An applicant for
12 renewal shall not be required to provide his or her social security
13 number or show a social security card even if such number or card was
14 not provided to the department in a previous transaction. In addition,
15 an applicant for renewal of a license containing a hazardous material
16 endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such endorsement. The
17 commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials
18 endorsement, comply with the requirements imposed upon states by
19 sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
20 lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner
21 upon approval of such application, except that no such license shall be
22 issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the provisions of
23 section five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis-
24 sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is the holder
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by another
2 state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
