STATE OF NEW YORK
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6742
IN SENATE
February 12, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 licenses and
registration number plates for the hearing impaired
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 404-a-1 to read as follows:
3 § 404-a-1. Registration of motor vehicles of hearing impaired persons.
4 1. The commissioner shall, upon application therefor, issue distinctive
5 number plates for the motor vehicle or motor vehicles primarily operated
6 by a hearing impaired person. Such distinctive plates shall conform to
7 the requirements of section four hundred one of this article, but shall
8 bear the letters "HI".
9 2. The commissioner shall issue sets of number plates to hearing
10 impaired persons pursuant to subdivision one of this section upon
11 submission of proof of hearing impairment. Such proof shall be as deter-
12 mined by regulations promulgated by the commissioner in consultation
13 with the commissioner of health.
14 3. The application for registration and hearing impaired number plates
15 shall be accompanied only by the required fee otherwise required to be
16 paid for vehicle registration.
17 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law is
18 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
19 (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who is
20 hearing impaired, as determined by regulations promulgated by the
21 commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall,
22 upon his or her request and submission of proof of hearing impairment,
23 have prominently imprinted thereon the statement "HEARING IMPAIRED". The
24 commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or
25 renewal thereof to persons requesting a hearing impaired statement which
26 are different from fees otherwise required; provided, however, that
27 notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall
28 not require fees for such duplication or amendment of a licenses prior
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 to its renewal if such duplication or amendment was solely for the
2 purpose of adding a hearing impaired statement to such license.
3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Provided, that, effec-
5 tive immediately, any actions necessary to implement the provisions of
6 this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be
7 completed on or before such date.
