Senate Bill S1473

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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2023-S1473 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate 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
2017-2018: S2689
2019-2020: S978
2021-2022: S1502

2023-S1473 (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.

2023-S1473 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1473
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 379 of the laws of 2022, 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,  a  "Work  Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision,  a  "Motorcycle  Safety"  awareness
 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, a "School
 Bus  Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4) of this
 subdivision, [and] a "Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" awareness  compo-
 nent  as  described in paragraph (c-5) of this subdivision, AND INSTRUC-
 TION 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 commis-
 sioner may waive the road  test  requirements  for  certain  classes  of
 applicants.  Provided,  however,  that the term "representative vehicle"
 shall not include a three-wheeled motor  vehicle  that  has  two  wheels
 situated  in  the  front and one wheel in the rear, has a steering mech-
 anism and seating which does not require the operator to straddle or sit
 astride, is equipped with safety belts for all occupants and is manufac-
 tured to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standards for motorcy-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05364-01-3

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