Senate Bill S2689

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that instruction in the laws relating to handicapped parking be included in the pre-licensing driver's course

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2689 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S414
2011-2012: S1443
2013-2014: S1166
2015-2016: S1327
2019-2020: S978
2021-2022: S1502
2023-2024: S1473

2017-S2689 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.

2017-S2689 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2689
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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  parking
   spaces for handicapped persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002, is
 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
   (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of  this
 subdivision [and], a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described
 in  paragraph  (c-2)  of  this  subdivision, AND INSTRUCTION IN THE LAWS
 RELATING TO PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
 (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, the commissioner shall cause the  applicant  to
 take a road test in a representative vehicle of a type prescribed by the
 commissioner which shall be appropriate to the type of license for which
 application  is  made,  except  that the commissioner may waive the road
 test requirements for certain classes of  applicants.  The  commissioner
 shall  have the power to establish a program to allow persons other than
 employees of the department to  conduct  road  tests  in  representative
 vehicles  when  such tests are required for applicants to obtain a class
 A, B or C license.  If she chooses to do so, she  shall  set  forth  her
 reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on the matter. She shall
 only establish such a program after holding the public hearing.
   (I)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET
 FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  A  MANDATORY  COMPONENT  IN
 EDUCATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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