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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Print number 2873a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing a limited search for the status of an issued driver's license
Purpose
The purpose of this legislation is to make driver status checks by car and truck rental companies free. This legislation does not change the cost of the full record search should it be used.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Provides that no fee shall be charged to car and truck rental companies or their designated agents for searches to determine the status of a driver's license.
Section 2: Enacting language.
The current law requires that a $7 fee be charged for all searches whether made manually by the DMV, as well as, those searches made by direct entry by an approved requester. The current law is general in its assessment of fees and does not differentiate between a driver status search and a full record search.
Justification
This legislation is creating a new mechanism to establish whether or not driving privileges are valid or invalid and use it as a baseline standard. This legislation allows New York State to make available a free product and take progressive steps to ensure that a renter is indeed licensed and authorized to operate the vehicle that he/she rents. This legislation will help car and truck rental agencies and their designated agents to eliminate the potential fraud issues of falsified licenses to those agencies which currently do not check.
New York should do everything in its effort to ensure the safety of both the drivers and the passengers who use New York State roadways. This legislation will provide those car and truck rental agencies with a mechanism that sure those individuals who have been determined to be ineligible to drive be kept from renting cars. This legislation is extremely beneficial in that it allows all car and truck rental agencies and their designated agents the ability to check driver status without having to sacrifice this basic search in the name of cost effectiveness.
It must be noted that only the driver status search will have no fee. Car and truck rental agencies and their designated agents can still pay the $7 fee do a full record search for legitimate business risk assessment reasons if they desire. The free search will he strictly limited to driver status only. It should also be noted that there will be no negative affect on revenue. This driver status search should be considered a new mechanism to ensure that drivers are eligible to operate the vehicle they are renting.
Legislative history
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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