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STATE OF NEW YORK
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1189

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

(PREFILED)

January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GANTT,  GABRYSZAK,  KELLNER -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
  the amount of the fine imposed for illegally parking

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read
as follows:
  4. Except as otherwise provided by local law which  imposes  a  larger
maximum  fine,  any  person who stops, stands or parks in spaces clearly
marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, with-
out a special vehicle identification parking permit, a special municipal
parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not  registered  in  accordance
with  section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being used for the
transportation of a handicapped person; or with such permit or registra-
tion and such person is not the one to whom the permit  or  registration
was issued or is not transporting the person issued the permit or regis-
tration;  or any person who parks in a handicapped parking access aisle;
shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more  than
seventy-five dollars for the first offense and seventy-five to [one] TWO
hundred [fifty] dollars for the second offense occurring within a period
of  two  years  within the same municipality. The arresting or ticketing
officer shall issue a summons to violators of this section. A  ticketing
officer  issuing  a summons pursuant to this section may provide for the
removal and storage of a motor vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped
parking space, or a handicapped parking access aisle.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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