What's happening
This bill exempts active duty military personnel from driver’s license suspension for unpaid traffic or parking fines during service.
Why it matters
Protects military personnel from losing driving privileges. due to unpaid traffic or parking fines while on active duty, recognizing that service obligations may prevent timely responses to citations.
Reduces administrative and financial stress for service members. by allowing licenses to remain valid during and for up to six months after their deployment, ensuring they can resume civilian life without immediate penalties.
Requires proof of active duty status. for exemption, which provides a safeguard against potential abuse while still supporting those genuinely impacted by military service.
Addresses a practical challenge faced by deployed personnel. , acknowledging that military service can make it difficult or impossible to manage state or local bureaucratic processes from afar.
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Who cares
Full-time active-duty military personnel
The bill would protect their licenses from suspension for unpaid default fines on traffic or parking violations when military service causes the failure to pay, with licenses remaining valid for up to six months after release from active duty.
Representatives of military personnel
They could submit proof of a service member’s full-time active-duty status to secure the license-suspension exemption.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
The commissioner would determine whether submitted proof is satisfactory and would be barred from suspending qualifying service members’ licenses.
Headline styles
Protect Military Drivers’ Licenses
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5595
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC, LUPINACCI, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving on fulltime active military duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1806-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. In the event that a person charged with a traffic violation or parking violation does not answer within the time specified and such circumstance results in a default judgment of a fine, and such person fails to pay such fine because such person serves on fulltime active military duty, as defined in section one of the military law, the commissioner shall not suspend such person's license, provided such person or such person's representative submits proof satisfactory to the commissioner that he or she is a member of the military forces and is engaged in fulltime active military duty. Such person's license shall be valid for up to six months after such person's release from fulltime active military duty.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08989-01-7
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