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A1301Assembly2017-2018 Session

Keep CDL After Insurance Lapse

Official title

“Provides for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or termination of insurance if a person needs such license to perform employment”

Sponsor Clifford CrouchAD-122+2 co-sponsorsAffects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
5/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill allows commercial drivers in New York to keep their licenses for work purposes after insurance lapse, with restrictions.

Why it matters

  1. Helps commercial drivers avoid immediate loss of livelihood. by allowing them to keep their licenses for work purposes after an insurance lapse, the bill prevents sudden unemployment for drivers who depend on their license to earn a living, even if their registration is suspended.

  2. Limits driving strictly to work-related activities. drivers affected by this law can only use their commercial license for employment tasks, reducing risks associated with uninsured personal driving and ensuring the exception isn’t abused.

  3. Creates a path back to full driving privileges. the law specifies that the restriction lasts only until the driver provides new proof of insurance, encouraging prompt compliance with insurance requirements while maintaining some employment continuity.

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Keep CDL After Insurance Lapse

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Clifford Crouch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 122

History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Held for consideration in transportation
  3. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1301

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 11, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or termination of insurance

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

Section 1. Section 318 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:

16. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, the commercial driver's license of a person who has had his or her registration or license revoked or suspended pursuant to any provision of this section shall not be revoked or suspended provided that such person has filed with the commissioner a statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, indicating that he or she needs such commercial driver's license to perform his or her employment and that such driver shall only be allowed to drive his or her work vehicle while in the performance of his or her employment. Upon receipt of the foregoing statement the commissioner shall restrict the driver to a commercial driver's license until new proof of financial security has been secured.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD04362-01-7

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