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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