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- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–0
- Advanced to third reading
- Amended 5904a
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.118
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to rules
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Requires applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to prove they have acceptable vision to operate a motor vehicle
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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BILL NUMBER:S5904A
Title of bill
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
Purpose
To require applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to submit proof of acceptable vision to operate a motor vehicle.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009.
Justification
This bill would codify New York State Department of Motor Vehicles policy to require people applying to renew their driver's license to certify that they have adequate vision that would allow them to properly operate a motor vehicle.
New York State has over 11 million licensed drivers on the road. If two percent of those drivers failed an eye exam, that would translate into hundreds of thousands of seeing impaired drivers on our roads statewide.
This bill will ensure an atmosphere that is safe for our motorists. It is a common sense measure that will work to achieve those ends.
Such proof of acceptable vision shall require the applicant either to take a vision test administered at a DMV office or submit a certification signed by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist or optician attesting that the applicant has adequate vision to operate a motor vehicle.
Legislative history
2011: S.5904 - Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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