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                                  5475

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- 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
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,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09584-01-1
              

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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 are authorized and directed  to  be  made
and completed on or before such effective date.