Authorizes former members of the United States public health service to receive a distinguishing mark on their license indicating that they are a veteran.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2676
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, LIU -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
a former member of the United States public health service to receive
a distinguishing mark on his or her license indicating that he or she
is a veteran
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the
2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was
5 a member of the armed forces of the United States or the United States
6 public health service and received an honorable discharge or was
7 released therefrom under honorable conditions shall, upon his or her
8 request and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distin-
9 guishing mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indi-
10 cating that he or she is a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a
11 certificate of release or discharge from active duty including but not
12 limited to a DD Form 214, a PHS Form 1867 or other proof satisfactory to
13 the commissioner. The commissioner shall not require fees for the issu-
14 ance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting a veter-
15 an distinguishing mark which are different from fees otherwise required;
16 provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of this section,
17 the commissioner shall not require fees for a duplication or amendment
18 of a license prior to its renewal if such duplication or amendment was
19 solely for the purpose of adding a veteran distinguishing mark to such
20 license.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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