Senate Bill S1900

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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Current Bill Status Via A2487 - Passed Senate

  • 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-S1900 - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6637

2023-S1900 - 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-S1900 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1900 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1900
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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  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

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2023-S1900A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6637

2023-S1900A (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-S1900A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1900A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1900--A
     Cal. No. 774
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, CHU, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
   ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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