New York S 6992: Relates to the issue of non-commercial drivers' licenses and learners' permits in counties which contain in whole or in part boundary land; repealer

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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6992
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 21, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. STEC -- 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 the issue of
non-commercial drivers' licenses and learners' permits in counties
which contain in whole or in part boundary land; and to repeal certain
provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 201 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
3 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, subdi-
4 visions eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve of this section shall not
5 apply to counties which contain in whole or in part boundary land
6 defined in section five of the state law.
7 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is
8 REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
9 1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
10 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
11 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
12 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. With
13 respect to a non-commercial driver's license or learner's permit which
14 does not meet federal standards for identification, in addition to the
15 acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as
16 of January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity
17 shall, in counties other than those which contain in whole or in part
18 boundary land defined in section five of the state law, also include,
19 but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport issued by the
20 applicant's country of citizenship (which shall also be eligible as
21 proof of age), a valid, unexpired consular identification document
22 issued by a consulate from the applicant's country of citizenship, or a
23 valid foreign driver's license that includes a photo image of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 applicant and which is unexpired or expired for less than twenty-four
2 months of its date of expiration, as primary forms of such proof. Noth-
3 ing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to preclude the
4 commissioner from approving additional proofs of identity and age. The
5 commissioner may also provide that the application procedure shall
6 include the taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in
7 accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In
8 addition, the commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide
9 his or her social security number or, in lieu thereof in counties other
10 than those which contain in whole or in part boundary land defined in
11 section five of the state law, with respect to an application for a
12 non-commercial driver's license or learner's permit which does not meet
13 federal standards for identification, an affidavit signed by such appli-
14 cant that they have not been issued a social security number. The
15 commissioner also shall provide space on the application so that the
16 applicant may request a notation upon such license that he or she is a
17 veteran of the United States armed forces. The commissioner also shall
18 provide space on the application so that the applicant may register in
19 the New York state organ and tissue donor registry under section
20 forty-three hundred ten of the public health law with the following
21 stated on the application in clear and conspicuous type:
22 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
23 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
24 tion'."
25 The commissioner of health shall not maintain records of any person
26 who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made
27 in person or electronically, failure to check a box shall not impair the
28 validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip
29 this question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In
30 the case of an applicant under eighteen years of age, checking "yes"
31 shall not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration
32 in the donate life registry, except as otherwise provided pursuant to
33 the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section forty-
34 three hundred one of the public health law. Where an applicant has
35 previously consented to make an anatomical gift or registered in the
36 donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to check
37 a box shall not impair that consent or registration. In addition, an
38 applicant for a commerc