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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S6134
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S6134 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3418
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง1203-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A5572
2015-2016: A4357
2013-S6134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6134 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the fine for certain handicapped parking violations PURPOSE: This legislation amends the vehicle and traffic law to raise the maximum fine for illegally parking in a handicapped parking space from $75 to $150 for the first offense. For the second offense occurring within a period of two years within the same municipality, this legislation would raise the minimum fine from $75 to $150 and the maximum fine from $150 to $250. This legislation adds a provision that if a motorist being issued a summons pursuant to this section provides proof of possessing a special vehicle identification parking permit or a special municipal parking permit to the municipality whom the summons was issued within ten (10) days, they shall be subject to a fine of no less than $50 and no more than $75. JUSTIFICATION: All too often, able-bodied people are found parking in one of the precious few parking spaces allotted for the handicapped at public buildings, shopping malls and entertainment venues. Since the current fine is a minuscule $50, there is no real deterrent for those individuals who knowingly violate the law. Further, the current law does not distinguish between able-bodied people knowingly violating the law, and those who are handicapped, but do not present their
2013-S6134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6134 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 8, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'BRIEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the fine for certain handicapped parking violations 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] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for the first offense and [seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY to [one] TWO hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of two years within the same municipality; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF A MOTORIST BEING ISSUED A SUMMONS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PROVIDES PROOF OF POSSESSING A SPECIAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PARKING PERMIT OR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL PARKING PERMIT TO THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE SUMMONS WAS ISSUED WITHIN TEN DAYS, THEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NO LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. The arresting or ticketing officer shall issue a summons to violators of this section. A ticketing officer issu- ing 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.
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