A4719-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to transportation
• Apr 12, 2011: held for consideration in transportation
• Feb 7, 2011: referred to transportation

A4719-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         4719
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 7, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation
 

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  illegally
 parking in zones marked for handicapped persons
 

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

 

Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  1203-c  of  the
 vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 2005,
 is amended to read as follows:

 (a) The parking spaces designated pursuant to the provisions  of  this
 section shall be clearly identified for use by handicapped persons which
 designation  shall  include  conspicuous and permanently installed above
 grade signs which display the international symbol of access  and  which
 shall  be  positioned  from the parking space surface at a height of not
 less than five feet nor more than seven feet and may include the use  of
 blue  painted lines or markings. Such parking spaces also [may] SHALL be
 marked as tow-away zones AND CARS ILLEGALLY PARKED IN SUCH SPACES  SHALL
 BE TOWED AWAY AT THE CAR OWNER'S EXPENSE.
 

S  2.  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;
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09064-01-1
 
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 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
 hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within  a  period
 of  two  years  within the same municipality] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
 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 ille
 gally  parked  in  a handicapped parking space, or a handicapped parking
 access aisle.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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