N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 508: Administrative procedures

§ 508. Administrative procedures. 1. The commissioner shall appoint

agents to act in his behalf with respect to the acceptance of

applications and the issuance of licenses and permits prescribed in this

article, and he may prescribe the internal procedures to be followed by

such agents with respect to such matters.

2. Any application required to be filed under this article shall be in

a manner and on a form or forms prescribed by the commissioner. The

applicant shall furnish all information required by statute and, except

as otherwise provided in this title, such other information as the

commissioner shall deem appropriate.

3. License record. The commissioner shall keep a record of every

license issued which record shall be open to public inspection during

reasonable business hours. Provided, however, that the following

information whenever contained within the record of non-commercial

drivers' licenses and learners' permits shall not be open to public

inspection: the photo image, social security number, client

identification number, name, address, telephone number, place of birth,

country of origin, place of employment, school or educational

institution attended, source of income, status as a recipient of public

benefits, the customer identification number associated with a public

utilities account, medical information or disability information of any

holders of, or applicants for, such licenses and permits, and whether

such licenses or permits meet federal standards for identification or do

not meet federal standards for identification. Neither the commissioner

nor his agent shall be required to allow the inspection of an

application, or to furnish a copy thereof, or information therefrom,

until a license has been issued thereon.

4. The commissioner may promulgate regulations with respect to the

administration of the provisions of this article.

5. The commissioner is directed to develop license application and

renewal forms which shall solicit a voluntary one dollar donation from

persons applying for or renewing a driver's license at the time of such

application or renewal. Of monies collected pursuant to this

subdivision, the first one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be

retained by the department to offset its initial program costs.

Subsequently, five percent of any monies collected pursuant to this

subdivision shall be retained by the department for continuing

administrative costs. The remainder of such monies collected pursuant to

this subdivision shall be deposited in the life pass it on trust fund

established pursuant to section ninety-five-d of the state finance law,

as added by chapter four hundred fifteen of the laws of two thousand

three.

6. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the

department of veterans' services, is directed to establish a process by

which the department shall refer driver's license and non-driver

identification card applicants requesting and obtaining a notation upon

such license or non-driver identification card that such applicant is a

veteran of the United States armed forces pursuant to subdivision three

of section four hundred ninety of this chapter or subdivision one of

section five hundred two of this article, upon such applicant's request,

to the department of veterans' services, consistent with the provisions

of section seven of the veterans' services law.

* 7. The commissioner is directed to establish a process by which the

department shall refer driver's license and non-driver identification

card applicants who consent to having their information shared with the

C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program established in 42 U.S.C.

Section 274k or the national marrow donor program ("registry operator")

for the purposes of receiving information from the registry operator

about enrolling as a potential volunteer bone marrow or blood cell donor

on the national registry. The commissioner is directed to further amend

the public website of the department to include a link to access

publicly available information about the registry operator.

* NB Effective January 1, 2028