N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 339: Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family

§ 339. Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family.

Whenever the commissioner determines that any person required to give

proof or furnish security under this article, or under certain

provisions of article three previously numbered article six-a of this

chapter, as added by chapter six hundred ninety-five of the laws of

nineteen hundred twenty-nine and repealed by chapter eight hundred

seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-one, is or later

becomes a chauffeur or motor vehicle operator, however designated, in

the employ of an owner of a motor vehicle, or is or later becomes a

member of the immediate family or household of the owner of a motor

vehicle, the commissioner shall accept proof of financial responsibility

given by such owner in lieu of proof by such person to permit such

person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as

herein provided. In case such person is one who is furnished proof of

financial responsibility by his employer, he shall not be required to

furnish security. The commissioner shall designate the restrictions

imposed by this section on the face of such person's operator's or

chauffeur's license.

If the owner of a motor vehicle is one who is required to furnish

coverage for the vehicle under section three hundred seventy of this

chapter, or one whose vehicles are operated under a permit or a

certificate of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the public

service law or is a self-insurer, proof by the owner on behalf of

another as provided by this section may be made if there is filed with

the commissioner satisfactory evidence that such owner has complied with

the law with respect to his liability for damage caused by the operation

of his vehicles by providing the required insurance or other coverage or

that he is a self-insurer.