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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STEVENSON  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  AUBRY, BARRON, CAHILL, CAMARA, CASTRO, COOK, GIBSON, HOOPER,  MONTESA-
  NO, ROBINSON, SCARBOROUGH, TENNEY, WEISENBERG, WEPRIN -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to granting
  temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces  to  pregnant
  women

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

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1203-a-1 to read as follows:
  S  1203-A-1.  TEMPORARY  PARKING PERMITS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.  NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MUNICIPALITY
MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY SPECIAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PARKING  PERMIT  TO
ANY  WOMAN  WHO IS PREGNANT, AS CERTIFIED BY A PHYSICIAN. SUCH TEMPORARY
SPECIAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PARKING PERMIT SHALL BE RECOGNIZED STATE-
WIDE AND SHALL TERMINATE AT THE END OF THE PREGNANCY.
  S 2. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by
chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1203-b. Parking spaces; handicapped. 1. Parking spaces for the hand-
icapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and
one thousand two hundred three-c of this [chapter] ARTICLE shall also be
extended  to  a motor vehicle registered in accordance with section four
hundred four-a, OR A TEMPORARY PARKING PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION
ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A-ONE  of  this  chapter.  A  handicapped
permit  issued in accordance with the provisions of section one thousand
two hundred three-a AND A TEMPORARY PARKING PERMIT  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A-ONE of this [chapter] ARTICLE
shall entitle the driver to park in such parking spaces. Parking  spaces
for  the  handicapped shall be those parking spaces accorded to a holder

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

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of a handicapped parking permit provided in accordance with section  one
thousand  two  hundred  three-a  or  as provided in section four hundred
four-a OR SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A-ONE of this  chapter,
AUTHORIZING  MUNICIPALITIES  TO ISSUE TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS TO PREG-
NANT WOMEN.
  2. It shall be a violation for any person to stop,  stand  or  park  a
vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking unless
the vehicle bears a permit issued under section one thousand two hundred
three-a,  SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A-ONE or a registration
issued under section four hundred four-a of this chapter and such  vehi-
cle  is  being  used for the transportation of a severely disabled [or],
handicapped OR PREGNANT person. This subdivision shall not  apply  to  a
violation of section twelve hundred three-c of this [chapter] ARTICLE.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.