A 1046: Provides for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or termination of insurance if a person needs such license to perform their employment.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1046 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MILLER, MORINELLO -- 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 Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 318 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 3 16. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, the commercial 4 driver's license of a person who has had their registration or license 5 revoked or suspended pursuant to any provision of this section shall not 6 be revoked or suspended provided that such person has filed with the 7 commissioner a statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, 8 indicating that they need such commercial driver's license to perform 9 their employment and that such driver shall only be allowed to drive 10 their work vehicle while in the performance of their employment. Upon 11 receipt of the foregoing statement the commissioner shall restrict the 12 driver to a commercial driver's license until new proof of financial 13 security has been secured. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02674-01-5