N.Y. VAT. LAW § 503-a : NY Code - Section 503-A: Limited class DJ and MJ licenses

Search N.Y. VAT. LAW § 503-a : NY Code - Section 503-A: Limited class DJ and MJ licenses

1. If the holder of a
  class DJ or MJ learner's  permit  successfully  completes  a  road  test
  pursuant  to  paragraph  (b) of subdivision four of section five hundred
  two of this article within the first six  months  of  validity  of  such
  permit,  such holder shall be issued a "limited class DJ or MJ license."
  Such limited class DJ or MJ license shall  be  subject  to  all  of  the
  restrictions  contained  in subdivision five of section five hundred one
  and section five hundred one-b of this article and, in  addition,  shall
  be valid only en route:
    (a) to and from the holder's place of employment; and/or
    (b)  to  and  from  a  class or course or, between five o'clock in the
  morning and nine o'clock in the evening an activity,  at  an  accredited
  school,  college  or  university  or  at a state approved institution of
  vocational or technical training in which the holder is enrolled; and/or
    (c) to and from a medical  examination  or  treatment  as  part  of  a
  necessary medical treatment for such holder or a member of such holder's
  immediate  family  or  household  as evidenced by a written statement to
  that effect from a licensed medical practitioner; and/or
    (d) to and from a place, including a school, at  which  the  child  or
  children  of the holder or a member of the holder's immediate family are
  cared for on a regular basis; and/or
    (e) to and from any place when accompanied by a duly licensed  parent,
  guardian or one in a position of loco parentis to the licensee.
    2.  A  limited  class DJ or MJ license issued pursuant to this section
  shall automatically become a class DJ or MJ license after  such  limited
  class DJ or MJ license, singly or in combination with the class DJ or MJ
  learner's  permit, has been valid for six months. Any time period during
  which such license or learner's permit has  been  suspended  or  revoked
  shall not be counted in determining such period of validity.
    3.  A  limited  class  DJ  or  MJ  driver's license shall be valid for
  operation to and from a place of employment only if the  holder  thereof
  is  in  possession  of  a  certification  of employment by such holder's
  employer, issued in such form and manner as shall be prescribed  by  the
  commissioner.
    4.  A  limited  class  DJ  or  MJ  driver's license shall be valid for
  operation to and from  an  accredited  school,  college,  university  or
  state-approved  institution  of vocational or technical training only if
  the holder thereof is in possession of a certification of enrollment  by
  an  administrator  of  such  school,  college, university or institution
  issued  in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by   the
  commissioner.
    5.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph (e) of subdivision one of this
  section, a limited class DJ or MJ driver's license shall  not  be  valid
  for  operation  of a vehicle in the following counties: Nassau, Suffolk,
  Kings, Queens, New  York,  Bronx,  Richmond,  Westchester,  Rockland  or
  Putnam.
    6.  It shall be a traffic infraction for the holder of a limited class
  DJ or class MJ license to operate a motor vehicle upon a public  highway
  for  any  use other than those authorized pursuant to subdivision one of
  this section.
    * NB Repealed February 22, 2010


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