New York A 6442: Requires certain department of motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi

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A06442 Summary:

BILL NOA06442 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04341

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSRRaga

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §502, V & T L

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Requires department of motor vehicle forms, tests and applications for permits and licenses in a city with a population of one million or more to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi.

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BILL NOA06442 

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03/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6442

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 certain motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punja-
 bi, Bengali and Hindi

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. Forms to be made available in certain foreign languages. Except
 4 as otherwise prohibited by federal law, rule or regulation the commis-
 5 sioner shall, within a city having a population of one million or more,
 6 ensure that all written tests, forms and applications for an initial
 7 learner's permit or driver's license issued pursuant to the provisions
 8 of this article are also available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi and
 9 provide translation and interpretation services in such languages to a
 10 person applying for such learner's permit or driver's license in such
 11 city, upon his or her request. Nothing contained in this subdivision
 12 shall be deemed to prohibit the commissioner from making such tests,
 13 forms, applications, and translation and interpretation services avail-
 14 able in other languages.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 16 law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05598-01-5

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