New York A 9277: Relates to fees for non-driver identification cards

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A09277 Summary:

BILL NOA09277 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09929

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §491, V & T L

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Provides for the waiver of fees for non-driver identification cards for certain individuals.

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BILL NOA09277 

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11/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9277

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fees for
 non-driver identification cards

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by section 2 of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of
 3 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner [may] shall waive the payment of
 5 fees required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant [is]:
 6 (a) is an incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional
 7 facility under the jurisdiction of a state department or agency[, or];
 8 (b) is a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for is
 9 a replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a result of the
 10 crime; or
 11 (c) has an income which is below two hundred percent of the federal
 12 poverty line. Such income shall be proven by providing one of the
 13 following:
 14 (i) a filed federal or state tax return from the previous year;
 15 (ii) a letter from an employer documenting the dates of work of the
 16 applicant and the yearly pay from the employer;
 17 (iii) a W-2 annual wage statement or a federal tax form 1099 from the
 18 previous tax year; or
 19 (iv) a wage notice provided pursuant to section one hundred ninety-
 20 five of the labor law that documents employment for a period of time
 21 within six months prior to the date the applicant certifies that they
 22 became eligible.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 24 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13776-01-5

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