New York Assembly Bill A03707 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3707 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to complete a vision test The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) A license issued pursuant to subdivision five of this section 5 shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such 6 license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed 7 by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law, 8 proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by 9 the commissioner, the applicant's social security number or, in lieu 10 thereof, with respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's 11 license or learner's permit which does not meet federal standards for 12 identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not 13 been issued a social security number, and if required by the commission- 14 er, a photo image of the applicant in such numbers and form as the 15 commissioner shall prescribe. Such proof of acceptable vision shall 16 require the applicant to pass a vision test administered by the commis- 17 sioner or his or her agent, or to submit a certification, signed by a 18 physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist or opti- 19 cian, attesting that the applicant has adequate vision to operate a 20 motor vehicle as determined by the commissioner. In addition, an appli- 21 cant for renewal of a license containing a hazardous material endorse- 22 ment shall pass an examination to retain such endorsement. The commis- 23 sioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials 24 endorsement, comply with the requirements imposed upon states by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07500-01-3 
 A. 3707 2 1 sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu- 2 lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner 3 upon approval of such application, except that no such license shall be 4 issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the provisions of 5 section five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis- 6 sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is the holder 7 of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by another 8 state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law.