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                                   4869
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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.
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 cles including, but not limited to, 49 C.F.R. part 571. The commissioner
 shall have the power to establish a program to allow persons other  than
 employees  of  the  department  to  conduct road tests in representative
 vehicles  when  such tests are required for applicants to obtain a class
 A, B or C license. If [she] THE COMMISSIONER chooses to do so, [she] THE
 COMMISSIONER shall set forth [her] THE COMMISSIONER'S reasons in writing
 and conduct a public hearing on the matter. [She] THE COMMISSIONER shall
 only establish such a program after holding the public hearing.
   (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE IN THE  PRE-LICENSING  COURSE,  SET
 FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN
 EDUCATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.