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                                  7788

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, RIVERA, CUSICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of  A.  GALEF,  LUPARDO  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  imposing
  points  on  a  person's license for illegally parking in a handicapped
  parking space

  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. (A) Except as otherwise provided by local law which imposes a larg-
er 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 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. 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 illegally parked in a handicapped
parking space, or a handicapped parking access aisle.
  (B)  IN ADDITION TO THE FINE IMPOSED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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SUBJECT  TO  A  PENALTY  IN  THE FORM OF ONE POINT AGAINST SUCH PERSON'S
DRIVERS LICENSE.
  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.