STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6737 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to waiving the fee for a commercial driver's license for a member of the military or a veteran 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 503 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, and paragraph (i) as 3 amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner may waive the payment of fees 6 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant: 7 (i) is an incarcerated individual in an institution under the juris- 8 diction of a state department or agency[,]; or 9 (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit 10 applied for is a replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a 11 result of the crime[.]; or 12 (iii) is a member of the military or is a military veteran and is 13 applying for a commercial driver's license and submits an application 14 for military skills test waiver as part of their application. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10459-01-3