Section 490. Definition; application for and issuance of identification card

1. Definition. The term "identification  card"  shall  mean  and
  refer  to  a  non-driver  identification  card  issued  pursuant  to the
  provisions of this article.
    2. Application. Any person to whom a  driver's  license  or  learner's
  permit  has  not  been  issued  by  the  commissioner, or whose driver's
  license  or  learner's  permit  is  expired,   suspended,   revoked   or
  surrendered,  may  make application to the commissioner for the issuance
  of an identification card.
    3. Issuance. (a) (i) The commissioner  shall  upon  submission  of  an
  appropriate  application,  upon  payment of the prescribed fee, and upon
  being satisfied that the person described is the applicant and that such
  applicant meets the requirements set forth in subdivision  two  of  this
  section,  issue to such applicant a nontransferable identification card.
  In addition, the commissioner also shall require that an  applicant  for
  an  identification  card  or  renewal  thereof provide his or her social
  security number.
    (ii) In the case of a person (A) sixty-two years of age  or  older  or
  (B)  a  recipient of supplemental security income benefits as defined in
  section two hundred eight of the social services law, application for  a
  card which expires ten years after the date of issuance shall be made on
  a  form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include proof that such
  person is sixty-two years of  age  or  older  or  a  recipient  of  such
  supplemental security income benefits, as the case may be.
    (iii)  Notwithstanding  any  other  law,  rule  or  regulation  to the
  contrary, a person who is sixty-two years of age or older and who  is  a
  recipient  of  supplemental  security  income  benefits who has not been
  issued a driver's license, or whose driver's license is expired, or  who
  surrendered   his   or   her   driver's  license,  shall  be  issued  an
  identification card without the payment of any fee, upon submitting  the
  appropriate application.
    (b)  The  identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
  mark and adequate space upon  which  an  anatomical  gift,  pursuant  to
  article  forty-three  of  the  public  health  law, by the holder may be
  recorded and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in
  such form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however,  every
  identification  card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age
  of  twenty-one  years  shall  have  prominently  imprinted  thereon  the
  statement  "UNDER  21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably distinctive print or
  format. The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such
  identification cards or renewals thereof  to  persons  under  twenty-one
  years of age which are different from the fees required for the issuance
  of  identification cards or renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years
  of age or over.
    (c) The identification card may also contain  the  photograph  of  the
  holder  pursuant  to  regulations  established  by the commissioner. Any
  photograph  taken  as  part  of  the  application   procedure   for   an
  identification card shall not be a public record.