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                                   5717
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. TITUS, 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 are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.