2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 3 - SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY; FINANCIAL SECURITY; EQUIPMENT; INSPECTION; SIZE AND WEIGHT; AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Article 7 - (330 - 368) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT
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  nineteen hundred twenty-nine  and  repealed  by  chapter  eight  hundred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.