Assembly Actions -
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May 29, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S9771
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 23rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S9771 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §404-a, V & T L
2023-S9771 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9771 SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to special license plates for vehicles owned or used by people with disabilities SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Allows for the parents or guardians of a person with a disa- bility to register for distinctive license plates that reflect the status of an occupant of that vehicle being a person with a disability. Section 2. This shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION: While the law permits persons with disabilities to register for plates that reflect disability status, there is no provision in law that offers the option to a parent or guardian of those with a disability to regis- ter plates that reflect that an occupant of the vehicle has a disabili-
2023-S9771 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9771 I N S E N A T E May 29, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 special license plates for vehicles owned or used by people with disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 191 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 2. Registration of vehicles owned OR USED by severely disabled persons. The commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicles, including any van or pick-up truck used for transporting persons with disabilities OR ANY SPECIALIZED VEHICLE, AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, which is not used for commercial purposes, owned by such persons, OR THE PARENTS OR GUARD- IANS OF SUCH PERSONS, a distinctive number and issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a certification of registration, in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe and two number plates, called disabled person plates. Said disabled person plates shall conform to the requirements of section four hundred one of this [chapter] ARTICLE, but shall bear distinctive marks to distinguish them from number plates to be issued to other persons, qualifying under this chapter. The commissioner, in [his] SUCH COMMISSIONER'S discretion, may issue, for any registration year, only one plate as a set for a motor vehicle, in which event a set of disabled person plates for a motor vehicle shall consist of one plate. Where a severely disabled person, OR BY THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SUCH PERSONS, owns more than one vehicle and such vehicle or vehicles is or are used by severely disabled members of the owner's family who reside with the owner, the commissioner shall issue one set of plates for each additional vehicle OWNED OR used by such severely disabled person, OR BY THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SUCH PERSONS, provided that such OWNER OR user, OR THE CHILD OF SUCH OWNER OR USER, qualifies as a severely disabled person in the manner required by this section. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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