§ 116. Renewal of licenses of members of armed forces. 1. As used in\nthis section the following terms shall mean and include:\n a. "Military service." Service as a member of the armed forces of the\nUnited States.\n b. "Licensee." The holder of a license.\n c. "License." An original certificate or other document first issued\nto a licensee entitling him to practice the profession or engage in the\nbusiness, work or activity specified therein.\n d. "Renewal license." Any renewal or reissuance of a license or any\ncertificate of annual or periodic registration or re-registration of a\nlicensee required by or pursuant to law to permit him lawfully to\ncontinue to practice the profession or engage in the business, work or\nactivity specified in the license.\n e. "Expired." Normal expiration, or annulment, suspension or\nrevocation solely because of failure of a licensee to apply for a\nrenewal license within the time prescribed therefor.\n 2. Any person who was in military service on or after June\ntwenty-fifth, nineteen hundred fifty, or who thereafter shall have\nentered military service, and who at the time of entry into such service\nis a licensee, may, within three months after the termination of such\nmilitary service by honorable discharge or by release from such service\nunder honorable circumstances, apply for and be entitled to a renewal\nlicense without any examination, re-examination, fine or penalty which\nwould not have been required or imposed if timely application for such\nrenewal license had been made. The officer, board or department\nempowered by law to issue such renewal license is hereby authorized to\nissue the same without examination, re-examination or the exaction of\nany fine or penalty. The issuance of such renewal license shall in all\nother respects be subject to the provisions of law relating thereto.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license to drive,\nissued pursuant to the provisions of article nineteen of the vehicle and\ntraffic law, which would expire prior to either of the dates set forth\nin this subdivision, of any person who was in military service on or\nafter June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred fifty, or who thereafter shall\nhave entered military service, shall expire six months from either the\nexpiration date of this act or the holder's separation from service,\nwhichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the provisions of this\nsubdivision, the commissioner of motor vehicles may refuse to renew the\nexpired driver's license of any person who has failed to notify the\ncommissioner of his entry into military service.\n
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