Assembly Bill A2487

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing severely disabled individuals to renew parking permits without providing an updated certification or additional medical documents

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A2487 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1900
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6569, S6637

2023-A2487 - Summary

Allows severely disabled individuals to apply for renewal of a parking permit for a handicapped person without providing an updated certification or additional medical documents.

2023-A2487 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2487
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   severely disabled individuals to renew parking permits without provid-
   ing updated medical records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. ANY RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE WHO IS A SEVERELY DISABLED PERSON,
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS
 CHAPTER, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE UPDATED MEDICAL  RECORDS  UPON
 APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05031-01-3

2023-A2487A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1900
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6569, S6637

2023-A2487A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows severely disabled individuals to apply for renewal of a parking permit for a handicapped person without providing an updated certification or additional medical documents.

2023-A2487A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2487--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   severely disabled individuals to renew parking permits without provid-
   ing an updated medical certification or additional medical documents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of section 1203-a of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of  1996,
 is amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   (i)  any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
 as defined in subdivision [three] FOUR of section four hundred four-a of
 this chapter, upon application of such person or such person's parent or
 guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall  issue  permits
 only  to  residents  of  the city, town or village in which such issuing
 agent is located, except that, an issuing agent, in [his or  her]  THEIR
 discretion,  may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
 a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent  is
 located  where  such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
 the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent;  and  an  issuing
 agent,  in  [his or her] THEIR discretion, may issue a temporary special
 vehicle identification parking  permit,  as  authorized  by  subdivision
 three of this section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate
 without the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, who
 resides  in a city, town, or village in which the issuing agent does not
 issue temporary special vehicle identification parking permits,  or  who
 is  not  a resident of the United States and is temporarily visiting the
 state; or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05031-02-4

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