Senate Bill S9734

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the contents, and adjudication, of notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau and increase certain fines

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  • 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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Bill Amendments

2023-S9734 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§237, 238, 242 & 1204, V & T L; amd §19-170, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S9734 - Summary

Relates to the contents and adjudication, of notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau in New York city; increases the fine for tractors, trailers, or related vehicles that park on residential streets overnight.

2023-S9734 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9734 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9734
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE  -- (at request of the NYC Finance) -- 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 and the administrative code
   of the city of New York, in relation to the contents and adjudication,
   of notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau, and
   to increase the fine for tractors, trailers, or related vehicles  that
   park on residential streets overnight
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 237 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment  for  (a)  parking
 violations  in  accordance  with a schedule of monetary fines and penal-
 ties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not  exceed  fifty
 dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a popu-
 lation  of  one  million  or  more, violations committed in spaces where
 stopping or standing is prohibited for which  monetary  penalties  shall
 not  exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations
 for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
 and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population
 of one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties  shall
 not  be  less  than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
 dollars for each abandoned vehicle violation; and  (c)  a  city  with  a
 population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to
 [two hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars for [a first] EACH offense [and
 up  to  five  hundred dollars for subsequent offenses within a six month
 period]  for  tractor-trailer  combinations,  tractors,  truck  trailers
 [and],   semi-trailers,  AND  SEMI-TRAILERS  WITHOUT  A  TOWING  VEHICLE
 ATTACHED parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 238 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  224  of  the  laws  of 1995, is amended to read as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S9734A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§237, 238, 242 & 1204, V & T L; amd §19-170, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S9734A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the contents and adjudication, of notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau in New York city; increases the fine for tractors, trailers, or related vehicles that park on residential streets overnight.

2023-S9734A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9734A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9734--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE  -- (at request of the NYC Finance) -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative  code
   of the city of New York, in relation to the contents and adjudication,
   of notices of violation returnable to a parking violations bureau, and
   to  increase the fine for tractors, trailers, or related vehicles that
   park on residential streets overnight
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   2.  To  provide  for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking
 violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary  fines  and  penal-
 ties,  provided  however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed fifty
 dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a popu-
 lation of one million or more,  violations  committed  in  spaces  where
 stopping  or  standing  is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall
 not exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking  violations
 for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
 and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population
 of  one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall
 not be less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more  than  one  thousand
 dollars  for  each  abandoned  vehicle  violation; and (c) a city with a
 population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to
 [two hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars for [a first] EACH offense [and
 up to five hundred dollars for subsequent offenses within  a  six  month
 period]  for  tractor-trailer  combinations,  tractors,  truck  trailers
 [and],  semi-trailers,  AND  SEMI-TRAILERS  WITHOUT  A  TOWING   VEHICLE
 ATTACHED parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11660-05-4
 S. 9734--A                          2
              

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