STATE OF NEW YORK
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6019
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 requirements
for licensing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of
2 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 520 of the laws of
3 1991, are amended to read as follows:
4 (a) An applicant for a [class A license or for a] commercial driver's
5 license which contains an H or an X endorsement or which is valid for
6 operation in interstate commerce shall be at least twenty-one years of
7 age.
8 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision an appli-
9 cant for a class A, B, C or E license shall be at least eighteen years
10 of age.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
15 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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