New York A 11434: Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide a space on the forms of identification cards and licenses for a notation for returned peace corps volunteers

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A11434 Summary:

BILL NOA11434 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10463

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SPONSORRules (Eachus)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§490, 502, 504 & 508, V & T L

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Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide a space on the forms of identification cards and licenses for a notation for returned peace corps volunteers.

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BILL NOA11434 

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05/15/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11434

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Eachus) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to forms of
 identification cards and licenses of peace corps volunteers

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of
 2 subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara-
 3 graph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of
 4 2012, and paragraph (b) as amended by section 97 of part PP of chapter
 5 56 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 6 (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate applica-
 7 tion, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon being satisfied that
 8 the person described is the applicant and that such applicant meets the
 9 requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section, issue to such
 10 applicant a nontransferable identification card. In addition, the
 11 commissioner also shall require that an applicant for an identification
 12 card or renewal thereof provide [his or her] their social security
 13 number. The commissioner shall provide space so that an applicant may
 14 request a notation upon such identification card that [he or she] such
 15 applicant is a veteran of the United States armed forces or a returned
 16 peace corps volunteer.
 17 (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
 18 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 19 cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
 20 and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such
 21 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
 22 tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
 23 twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
 24 "UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format.
 25 Provided, further, however, that every identification card issued to an
 26 applicant who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and
 27 (i) received an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under
 28 honorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14879-02-6

 A. 11434 2

 1 section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
 2 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a
 3 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'
 4 services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 5 dishonorable from such service, shall, upon [his or her] such appli-
 6 cant's request and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a
 7 distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine,
 8 indicating that [he or she] such applicant is a veteran. Such proof
 9 shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
 10 including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory
 11 to the commissioner. Provided, further, however, that every identifica-
 12 tion card issued to an applicant who is a returned peace corps volunteer
 13 shall, upon such applicant's request and submission of proof as set
 14 forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commis-
 15 sioner shall determine, indicating that such applicant i