§ 503. Period of validity of drivers' licenses, learners' permits and\napplications; required fees. 1. Periods of validity. (a) A driver's\nlicense shall be valid from the date of issuance until a date of\nexpiration determined by the commissioner. Such dates of issuance and\nexpiration shall be noted on the license, except that if such printed\nexpiration date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday, such\nlicense shall be valid for operation until midnight of the next day on\nwhich state offices shall be open for business. However, a prior license\nshall expire on the date of issuance of a renewal of such prior license.\nThe commissioner may extend the period of validity of a license in a\nmanner and form prescribed by him.\n (b) An application for a license shall be valid for a period of time\nspecified by regulation of the commissioner not to exceed five years. A\nlearner's permit shall be valid from its issuance until the expiration\nof the application for a driver's license for which it was issued.\nProvided, however, a commercial learner's permit shall be valid for no\nmore than such time as permitted by section 31308 of title 49 of the\nUnited States code and part 383.25 of title 49 of the code of federal\nregulations. Provided, however, that a commercial learner's permit\nissued by the commissioner in connection with an application for a\ncommercial driver's license shall be cancelled within sixty days of the\nholder's medical certification status becoming "not-certified" based\nupon: (i) the expiration of the holder's medical certification or\nmedical variance documentation required by the federal motor carrier\nsafety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the\ncode of federal regulations; (ii) the holder's failure to submit such\nmedical certification or medical variance documentation at such\nintervals as required by the federal motor carrier safety improvement\nact of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal\nregulations and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; or (iii) the\nreceipt by the commissioner of information from the issuing medical\nexaminer or the federal motor carrier safety administration that a\nmedical certification or medical variance was issued in error or\nrescinded. The commissioner shall, upon a holder's status becoming\n"not-certified", notify the holder of such commercial learner's permit\nissued in connection with a commercial driver's license application by\nfirst class mail to the address of such person on file with the\ndepartment or at the current address provided by the United States\npostal service of his or her "not-certified" medical certification\nstatus and that the commercial motor vehicle privileges of such\ncommercial learner's permit will be cancelled unless he or she submits a\ncurrent medical certificate and/or medical variance in accordance with\nPart 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations or changes\nhis or her self-certification to driving only in excepted or intrastate\ncommerce in accordance with Part 383.71(b) (1) (ii), (iii) or (iv) of\ntitle 49 of the code of federal regulations.\n 2. Fees. (a) Initial application fee. The fee required for the\ninitiation of the licensing process by a person who does not hold a\nvalid or renewable license issued by the commissioner shall be ten\ndollars.\n (i) If application is made for any license other than a commercial\ndriver's license, such fee shall enable the applicant to take the\nknowledge test required for issuance of a learner's permit and driver's\nlicense no more than twice.\n (ii) (A) If application is made for a commercial driver's license,\nsuch fee shall enable the applicant to take the knowledge test required\nfor issuance of a learner's permit and driver's license once and also\ntake any knowledge test or tests required for any endorsement or\nendorsements applied for which are taken at the same time.\n (B) The knowledge tests for such learner'
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