New York A 7196: Enacts the manufacturer disclosure and transparency act

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A07196 Summary:

BILL NOA07196 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04984

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §502, V & T L

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Relates to directing the department of motor vehicles to issue New York drivers' licenses to individuals holding a valid or recently expired driver's license from certain Caribbean countries.

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BILL NOA07196 

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03/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7196

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting
 the exchange of drivers licenses from certain countries

 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 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. License exchange for certain countries. (a) Notwithstanding any
 4 provisions of this section, the commissioner shall accept as valid for
 5 purposes of identification, age and examination a driver's license
 6 issued from a country listed in paragraph (b) of this subdivision and
 7 shall issue a license to drive in this state to an individual holding a
 8 license described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, provided howev-
 9 er, the individual shall be subject to the written examination and the
 10 vision test required by subdivision four of this section.
 11 (b) A drivers license issued by the following countries or territories
 12 shall be valid for purposes of paragraph (a) of this subdivision:
 13 Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Brit-
 14 ish Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican
 15 Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Mont-
 16 serrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
 17 Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eusta-
 18 tius, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and
 19 the Virgin Islands of the United States.
 20 (c) A license issued by a country listed in paragraph (b) of this
 21 subdivision shall be accepted for exchange if it: is valid or has
 22 expired within the past six months; states the date upon which it was
 23 issued and it was issued a minimum of six months prior to the date of
 24 the application; and is not suspended, revoked, lost or stolen.
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06056-01-5

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