A 2174: Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2174 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, SHIMSKY, DAVILA, PAULIN, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reexamina- tion of licensees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 506 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. The commissioner may require any licensed driver to submit to an 4 examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal 5 renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having juris- 6 diction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a 7 state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor 8 vehicle safely is questionable. In reviewing such licensed driver's 9 qualifications to operate a motor vehicle, the commissioner shall only 10 consider the previous ten years of the licensed driver's driving record. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04815-01-5