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                                   4657
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, HOOPER, AUBRY, WEPRIN, COOK, CAHILL, RYAN,
   PERRY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GLICK, MONTESANO, MOSLEY --
   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:
   § 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.
   §  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:
   § 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
 of  a handicapped parking permit provided in accordance with section one
 thousand two hundred three-a or as  provided  in  section  four  hundred
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   § 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.