S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1146
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, SAVINO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY,
         VALESKY  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the penal law, and  the  vehicle  and
         traffic law, in relation to insurance fraud; and to repeal subdivision
         1  of  section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law relating to applica-
         tions for licenses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 401 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
    2  subsection (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D)  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL  HAVE BROAD AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS
    4  CHAPTER TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES WITH REGARD TO  INDIVIDUALS
    5  THAT  OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES WITH NO INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND MOTOR VEHI-
    6  CLE INSUREDS WHO MISREPRESENT THE PRINCIPAL PLACE  WHERE  INSURED  MOTOR
    7  VEHICLES  ARE  GARAGED  AND  OPERATED.  OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES WITHOUT
    8  PROPER INSURANCE IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC
    9  LAW  IS A SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE DRIVERS ARE UNABLE TO
   10  COMPENSATE INDIVIDUALS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH AND PROPERTY  DAMAGE
   11  THEY  INFLICT  UPON  OTHERS.    FURTHERMORE,  MOTOR VEHICLE INSUREDS WHO
   12  MISREPRESENT THE PRINCIPAL PLACE WHERE SUCH  VEHICLES  ARE  GARAGED  AND
   13  OPERATED  IMPROPERLY  SHIFT THEIR HIGH LIABILITY EXPOSURE COSTS TO OTHER
   14  MOTOR VEHICLE INSUREDS THAT DO NOT FACE SUCH  HIGH  LIABILITY  RISK  AND
   15  INSURANCE PREMIUM COSTS.
   16    S 2. Subsection (a) of section 405 of the insurance law, as amended by
   17  section  7  of  part  A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
   18  read as follows:
   19    (a) Any person licensed or registered pursuant to  the  provisions  of
   20  this  chapter,  and  any  person engaged in the business of insurance or
   21  life settlement in this state who is exempted from compliance  with  the
   22  licensing  requirements  of  this chapter, including the state insurance
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  fund of this state, who has reason to believe that an  insurance  trans-
    2  action or life settlement act may be fraudulent, or has knowledge that a
    3  fraudulent  insurance  transaction  or fraudulent life settlement act is
    4  about  to take place, or has taken place shall, within thirty days after
    5  determination by such person that the transaction appears to be  fraudu-
    6  lent, send to the superintendent on a form prescribed by the superinten-
    7  dent, the information requested by the form and such additional informa-
    8  tion  relative  to  the factual circumstances of the transaction and the
    9  parties involved as the superintendent may require.  The  superintendent
   10  shall  accept  reports of suspected fraudulent insurance transactions or
   11  fraudulent life settlement acts from any self insurer, including but not
   12  limited to self insurers providing health insurance  coverage  or  those
   13  defined  in  section  fifty  of the workers' compensation law, and shall
   14  treat such reports as any other received pursuant to this section.   THE
   15  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL  ACCEPT  REPORTS OF SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT INSURANCE
   16  TRANSACTIONS FROM ANY SELF INSURER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  SELF
   17  INSURERS  PROVIDING  HEALTH  INSURANCE  COVERAGE,  THOSE PROVIDING MOTOR
   18  VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR THOSE DEFINED IN  SECTION  FIFTY  OF  THE
   19  WORKERS'  COMPENSATION  LAW,  AND  SHALL TREAT SUCH REPORTS AS ANY OTHER
   20  RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   21    S 3. Section 2133 of the insurance law, as amended by  chapter  77  of
   22  the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   23    S  2133. [Forged] FALSE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS AND FORGED insurance iden-
   24  tification cards. Any  insurance  company,  insurance  agent,  insurance
   25  broker  or  other person who or which, personally or by the action of an
   26  employee or agent, KNOWINGLY possesses, transfers or uses: (A) ANY DOCU-
   27  MENT WHICH PURPORTS TO EVINCE INSURANCE COVERAGE WHEN SUCH  COVERAGE  IS
   28  NOT  IN  EFFECT  OR IS IN EFFECT AT LIMITS LESS THAN THOSE STATED IN THE
   29  DOCUMENT; OR (B) a forged insurance  identification  card  for  a  motor
   30  vehicle, having knowledge, personally or through such employee or agent,
   31  of  the  fact  that such insurance identification card, when issued, did
   32  not actually represent an owner's policy of  liability  insurance  or  a
   33  financial  security  bond  issued by an insurance company licensed to do
   34  business in this state covering the motor  vehicle  identified  on  such
   35  card, shall be liable for payment to the people of this state of a civil
   36  penalty  in  a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first such
   37  violation and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each  subse-
   38  quent  violation.  For  the  purposes  of  this section the term "forged
   39  insurance identification card" means a written insurance  identification
   40  card  which  has  been  falsely made, completed or altered, and the term
   41  "falsely made, completed or altered" shall have the same meaning as  set
   42  forth in section 170.00 of the penal law.
   43    S  4.  Subdivision 5 of section 170.10 of the penal law is amended and
   44  a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   45    5. A prescription of a duly licensed physician or other person author-
   46  ized to issue the same for any drug or any instrument or device used  in
   47  the  taking  or  administering  of  drugs  for  which  a prescription is
   48  required by law[.]; OR
   49    6. A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE OR AN INSURANCE IDENTIFICATION CARD,  AS
   50  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   51    S 5. Section 170.15 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
   52  S 170.15 Forgery in the first degree.
   53    A person is guilty of forgery in the first degree when, with intent to
   54  defraud,  deceive  or injure another, he OR SHE falsely makes, completes
   55  or alters [a]:
   56    1. TEN OR MORE WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS; OR
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    1    2. A written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calcu-
    2  lated to become or to represent if completed:
    3    [1.]  (A) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities or other valu-
    4  able instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;
    5  or
    6    [2.] (B) Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments repres-
    7  enting interests in or claims against a corporate or other  organization
    8  or its property.
    9    Forgery in the first degree is a class C felony.
   10    S  6.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 175.50 to read
   11  as follows:
   12  S 175.50 OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSURANCE  OR
   13             REGISTRATION.
   14    A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
   15  INSURANCE OR REGISTRATION WHEN KNOWING THAT ANY DOCUMENT HE OR SHE FILES
   16  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR AN INSURER PROVIDING  LIABILITY
   17  INSURANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTAINS A FALSE STATEMENT OR FALSE INFOR-
   18  MATION  WITH REGARD TO WHERE HE OR SHE RESIDES OR WHERE HIS OR HER MOTOR
   19  VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND OPERATED.
   20    OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE OR  REGISTRA-
   21  TION IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   22    S  7.  Subdivision 1 of section 176.05 of the penal law, as amended by
   23  chapter 211 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   24    1. any written statement as part of, or in support of, an  application
   25  for  the issuance of, or the rating of a commercial insurance policy, or
   26  certificate or evidence of self insurance  for  commercial  OR  PERSONAL
   27  insurance  or  commercial  OR  PERSONAL  self  insurance, or a claim for
   28  payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy or self  insur-
   29  ance  program  for commercial or personal insurance that he or she knows
   30  to:
   31    (a) contain materially false information concerning any fact  material
   32  thereto; or
   33    (b) conceal, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any
   34  fact material thereto; or
   35    S 8. Section 176.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
   36  laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   37  S 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree.
   38    A  person  is  guilty  of insurance fraud in the fourth degree when he
   39  [commits] OR SHE:
   40    1. COMMITS a fraudulent insurance act and  thereby  wrongfully  takes,
   41  obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold
   42  property with a value in excess of one thousand dollars; OR
   43    2. OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, WHEN SUCH MOTOR VEHI-
   44  CLE  IS INSURED BY A POLICY ISSUED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, WHEN
   45  SUCH PERSON MAINTAINS HIS OR HER PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE IN  THIS  STATE  OR
   46  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN THIS STATE, AND SUCH INSUR-
   47  ANCE POLICY WAS ISSUED UPON ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL STATEMENT BY SUCH PERSON
   48  THAT  HE  OR  SHE  PRINCIPALLY  RESIDES IN SUCH OTHER STATE OR THAT SUCH
   49  MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN SUCH OTHER STATE.
   50    Insurance fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
   51    S 9. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
   52  201-a to read as follows:
   53    S  201-A.  ACCESS  TO  INFORMATION.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ALLOW LAW
   54  ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL'S STREET ADDRESS PROVIDED
   55  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE
   56  AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
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    1    S  10.  Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 401 of the vehicle and
    2  traffic law, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1996,  is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    b.  Every  owner  of a motor vehicle which shall be operated or driven
    5  upon the public highways  of  this  state  shall,  except  as  otherwise
    6  expressly  provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the
    7  office or a branch office of the commissioner, or to any  agent  of  the
    8  commissioner,  constituted  as  provided in this chapter, an application
    9  for registration addressed to the commissioner, and on  a  blank  to  be
   10  prepared  under  the  direction of and furnished by the commissioner for
   11  that purpose, containing: (a) a brief description of the  motor  vehicle
   12  to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle,
   13  and  such  other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b) the weight
   14  of the vehicle upon which the registration fee is based if  the  fee  is
   15  based  on  weight;  (c)  the name and residence, including county of the
   16  owner of such motor vehicle, PROVIDED THAT IF THE APPLICANT USES A  POST
   17  OFFICE BOX WHEN PROVIDING A RESIDENCE ADDRESS, SUCH APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
   18  PROVIDE  THE  STREET  ADDRESS  AT  WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES; (d) provided
   19  that, if such motor vehicle is used or to be used  as  an  omnibus,  the
   20  applicant  also  shall  so  certify,  and in the case of an omnibus also
   21  certify as to the seating capacity, and if the omnibus is to be operated
   22  wholly within a municipality pursuant to a franchise other than a  fran-
   23  chise  express  or  implied  in  articles  of incorporation upon certain
   24  streets designated in such franchise, those facts shall also  be  certi-
   25  fied,  and  a  certified copy of such franchise furnished to the commis-
   26  sioner; (e) provided, that, if such motor vehicle is an altered  livery,
   27  the  applicant  shall  so  furnish a certified copy of the length of the
   28  center panel of such vehicle, provided, however, that  the  commissioner
   29  shall  require  such  proof, as he OR SHE may determine is necessary, in
   30  the application for registration and provided  further,  if  the  center
   31  panel of such vehicle exceeds one hundred inches, the commissioner shall
   32  require  proof  that  such  vehicle is in compliance with all applicable
   33  federal and state motor vehicle safety standards;  and  (f)  such  addi-
   34  tional  facts  or evidence as the commissioner may require in connection
   35  with the application for registration. Every owner of  a  trailer  shall
   36  also  make application for the registration thereof in the manner herein
   37  provided for an application to  register  a  motor  vehicle,  but  shall
   38  contain a statement showing the manufacturer's number or other identifi-
   39  cation satisfactory to the commissioner and no number plate for a trail-
   40  er  issued  under  the  provisions  of subdivision three of section four
   41  hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE shall be transferred  to  or  used
   42  upon  any  other  trailer than the one for which number plate is issued.
   43  The commissioner shall require proof, in the application  for  registra-
   44  tion,  or  otherwise, as such commissioner may determine, that the motor
   45  vehicle for which registration is applied for is  equipped  with  lights
   46  conforming  in  all respects to the requirements of this chapter, and no
   47  motor vehicle shall be registered unless it shall appear by such  proofs
   48  that such motor vehicle is equipped with proper lights as aforesaid. The
   49  said application shall contain or be accompanied by such evidence of the
   50  ownership  of  the  motor vehicle described in the application as may be
   51  required by the commissioner or his OR HER agent and which, with respect
   52  to new vehicles, shall include, unless otherwise  specifically  provided
   53  by  the  commissioner,  the manufacturer's statement of origin. Applica-
   54  tions received by an agent of the commissioner shall be forwarded to the
   55  commissioner as he OR SHE shall direct for filing.  No  application  for
   56  registration  shall be accepted unless the applicant is at least sixteen
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    1  years of age AND HAS SIGNED SUCH APPLICATION ATTESTING TO THE TRUTH  AND
    2  VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN.
    3    S  11. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    4  separately amended by chapters 465 and 487  of  the  laws  of  2012,  is
    5  REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
    6    1.  APPLICATION  FOR LICENSE. APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL
    7  BE MADE TO THE COMMISSIONER. THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW MAY BE  SUBMITTED
    8  WITH SUCH APPLICATION. THE APPLICANT SHALL FURNISH SUCH PROOF OF IDENTI-
    9  TY,  AGE, ADDRESS OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE AND FITNESS AS MAY BE REQUIRED
   10  BY THE COMMISSIONER.  WHEN PROVIDING HIS OR HER  ADDRESS  OF  RESIDENCE,
   11  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  STREET  ADDRESS  AT WHICH HE OR SHE
   12  RESIDES.  EACH APPLICANT SHALL SIGN HIS OR HER APPLICATION ATTESTING  TO
   13  THE TRUTH AND VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN. THE COMMISSIONER MAY
   14  ALSO  PROVIDE THAT THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE SHALL INCLUDE THE TAKING OF
   15  A PHOTO IMAGE OR IMAGES OF THE APPLICANT IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  RULES  AND
   16  REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION-
   17  ER ALSO SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECU-
   18  RITY  NUMBER  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE  SPACE  ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE
   19  APPLICANT MAY REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK  STATE  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE  DONOR
   20  REGISTRY  UNDER SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
   21  WITH THE FOLLOWING STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN  CLEAR  AND  CONSPICUOUS
   22  TYPE:
   23    "YOU  MUST  FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
   24  TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES'  OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
   25  TION'."
   26    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL NOT MAINTAIN
   27  RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION". FAILURE TO  CHECK
   28  A  BOX  SHALL  NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION, AND FAILURE TO
   29  CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE  CONSTRUED  TO
   30  IMPLY  A  WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN
   31  YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE  CONSENT  TO  MAKE  AN
   32  ANATOMICAL  GIFT  OR  REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN
   33  APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR  REGIS-
   34  TERED  IN  THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY, CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR
   35  FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT  CONSENT  OR  REGISTRATION.
   36  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  SPACE  ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE
   37  APPLICANT MAY REQUEST NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE THAT HE  OR  SHE  IS  A
   38  VETERAN  OF  THE  UNITED STATED ARMED FORCES.  IN ADDITION, AN APPLICANT
   39  FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE WHO WILL OPERATE  A  COMMERCIAL  MOTOR
   40  VEHICLE  IN  INTERSTATE COMMERCE SHALL CERTIFY THAT SUCH APPLICANT MEETS
   41  THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, AS SET FORTH  IN
   42  PUBLIC  LAW 99-570, TITLE XII, AND TITLE 49 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGU-
   43  LATIONS, AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES  SECRETARY
   44  OF  TRANSPORTATION  UNDER THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT. IN
   45  ADDITION, AN APPLICANT FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL SUBMIT  A
   46  MEDICAL  CERTIFICATE  AT SUCH INTERVALS AS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR
   47  CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND PART 383.71(H) OF TITLE 49 OF
   48  THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND IN
   49  A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION
   50  AND  SECTIONS  FIVE  HUNDRED THREE, FIVE HUNDRED TEN-A, AND FIVE HUNDRED
   51  TEN-AA OF THIS TITLE,  THE  TERMS  "MEDICAL  CERTIFICATE"  AND  "MEDICAL
   52  CERTIFICATION"  SHALL  MEAN  A FORM SUBSTANTIALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
   53  FORM SET FORTH IN PART 391.43(H) OF TITLE 49  OF  THE  CODE  OF  FEDERAL
   54  REGULATIONS.  UPON A DETERMINATION THAT THE HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL DRIV-
   55  ER'S LICENSE HAS MADE ANY FALSE STATEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO THE  APPLICA-
   56  TION FOR SUCH LICENSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVOKE SUCH LICENSE.
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    1    S  12. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    2  added by section eleven of this act, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1.  Application  for license. Application for a driver's license shall
    4  be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be  submitted
    5  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
    6  ty,  age, address of his or her residence and fitness as may be required
    7  by the commissioner.  When providing his or her  address  of  residence,
    8  the  applicant  shall  provide  the  street  address  at which he or she
    9  resides.  Each applicant shall sign his or her application attesting  to
   10  the truth and veracity of the facts stated therein. The commissioner may
   11  also  provide that the application procedure shall include the taking of
   12  a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance  with  rules  and
   13  regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the commission-
   14  er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
   15  rity  number  and  [shall]  provide space on the application so that the
   16  applicant may register in the New York  state  organ  and  tissue  donor
   17  registry  under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law
   18  [with the following stated on the application in clear  and  conspicuous
   19  type:
   20    "You  must  fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
   21  to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes'  or  'skip  this  ques-
   22  tion'."
   23    The  commissioner  of  the  department  of  health  shall not maintain
   24  records of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to  check
   25  a  box  shall  not impair the validity of an application, and failure to
   26  check "yes" or checking "skip this question" shall not be  construed  to
   27  imply  a  wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant under eighteen
   28  years of age, checking "yes" shall not constitute  consent  to  make  an
   29  anatomical  gift  or  registration in the donate life registry. Where an
   30  applicant has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or  regis-
   31  tered  in  the  donate  life  registry, checking "skip this question" or
   32  failing to check a box shall not impair that  consent  or  registration.
   33  The  commissioner  shall  provide]; AND space on the application so that
   34  the applicant may request notation upon such license that he or she is a
   35  veteran of the United Stated armed forces.   In addition,  an  applicant
   36  for  a  commercial  driver's license who will operate a commercial motor
   37  vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such  applicant  meets
   38  the  requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as set forth in
   39  public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code of federal  regu-
   40  lations,  and all regulations promulgated by the United States secretary
   41  of transportation under the hazardous materials transportation  act.  In
   42  addition,  an applicant for a commercial driver's license shall submit a
   43  medical certificate at such intervals as required by the  federal  motor
   44  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of
   45  the code of federal regulations relating to medical certification and in
   46  a  manner  prescribed by the commissioner.  For purposes of this section
   47  and sections five hundred three, five hundred ten-a,  and  five  hundred
   48  ten-aa  of  this  title,  the  terms  "medical certificate" and "medical
   49  certification" shall mean a form substantially in  compliance  with  the
   50  form  set  forth  in  Part  391.43(h) of title 49 of the code of federal
   51  regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of a commercial  driv-
   52  er's  license has made any false statement, with respect to the applica-
   53  tion for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such license.
   54    S 13. This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  eightieth  day
   55  after it shall have become a law, provided however, that:
   56    (a) section twelve of this act shall take effect October 3, 2016; and
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    1    (b)  sections  four, five, six, seven and eight of this act shall take
    2  effect on the first of November next succeeding the  date  on  which  it
    3  shall have become a law.