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2017 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner
Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner
215 - Rules and Regulations.

Universal Citation: NY Veh & Traf L § 215 (2017)
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 215. Rules   and   regulations.  (a)  General.  Subject  to  and  in
  conformity with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic  law  and  the
  constitution  and  laws  of the state, the commissioner may enact, amend
  and repeal rules and regulations which shall regulate  and  control  the
  exercise  of  the  powers  of  the department and the performance of the
  duties of officers, agents and other employees thereof.

(b) Vehicle equipment. If the commissioner and  the  attorney  general
  shall  determine that any provision of this chapter relating to required
  vehicle  equipment  has  been  preempted  by  a  federal  regulation  or
  standard,   the  commissioner  may,  in  his  discretion,  promulgate  a
  regulation governing such item  or  items  of  equipment,  in  a  manner
  consistent  with  such  federal regulation or standard. Such regulation,
  when filed with the secretary of state, shall supersede  the  provisions
  of  this  chapter  relating  to  the  same  item  or items of equipment,
  provided that such regulation shall only  remain  in  force  and  effect
  until thirty days after the next adjournment of a regular session of the
  legislature  provided,  however,  that  the authority to promulgate such
  regulation shall only be exercised if the federal regulation or standard
  involved does not take effect at a  time  when  the  legislature  is  in
  regular  session,  and  the commissioner's regulation is promulgated and
  takes  effect  prior  to  the  next  ensuing  regular  session  of   the
  legislature.

(c)   The   commissioner  shall  determine  the  degree  to  which  an
  identification card issued to veterans by the United  States  department
  of  veterans  affairs  may  be  used as proof of name and/or age for the
  purpose of obtaining a driver's  license  or  non-driver  identification
  card under this chapter.

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