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S07613 Summary:

BILL NO	S07613
SAME AS	SAME AS A01210
SPONSOR	ASHBY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §504, V & T L
Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies.

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S07613 Actions:

BILL NO	S07613
07/26/2023	REFERRED TO RULES
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S07613 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7613
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      July 26, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  allowing
          persons  in  recovery  to  have a distinguishing mark printed on their
          driver's license for cases of medical emergencies

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
     3    (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who opts
     4  to  distinguish  as  a person in recovery shall, upon his or her request
     5  and submission of  an  application  for  renewal  or  issuance  of  such
     6  license,  contain a distinguishing mark of "R" indicating that he or she
     7  is a person in recovery. The commissioner shall not require fees for the
     8  issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons  requesting  an
     9  "R"   distinguishing  mark  which  are  different  from  fees  otherwise
    10  required. For the purposes of this section, a "person in recovery" shall
    11  mean any person who would like their license to  specify  for  cases  of
    12  medical  emergencies that such person is in some form of drug or alcohol
    13  recovery.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04044-01-3

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