Assembly Actions -
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Jun 04, 2018 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 31, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
May 30, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
May 22, 2018 |
1st report cal.1296 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 14, 2017 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 05, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.1428 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 13, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2578
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Votes
2017-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2578 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to van accessible handicapped parking PURPOSE : To create Van accessible wheelchair only parking spaces. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends subdivision 1 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 203 of the laws of 1981. JUSTIFICATION : Currently under the Americans with Disabilities Act, at least 1 handicap accessible parking space in a parking lot must also be a Van accessible parking spot. In addition, 1 in every 6 handicap accessible spaces must be a Van accessible parking space. For example, if there are 3 handicap accessible parking spaces, 1 must be Van accessible, and if there are 30 handicap accessible parking spaces, 5 must be Van accessible. Van Accessible parking spaces must be 11 feet wide and have an adjacent access aisle that is 8 feet wide. The 8 foot access
2017-S2578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2578 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 van accessi- ble handicapped parking THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) Any person, firm or corporation owning a shopping center or facility with at least five separate retail stores and at least twenty off street parking spaces which are provided for use by the shopping public must designate as only for the handicapped and clearly mark for use by the handicapped a minimum of five percent of such parking spaces or ten such spaces whichever is less. These spaces must be located as close as reasonably practicable to the shopping center facility and reasonably distributed so as to provide convenient access for use by handicapped drivers. Such parking spaces are to be used either by hand- icapped drivers displaying a special municipal parking permit (as defined in section twelve hundred three-a of this [chapter] ARTICLE and distributed by the commissioner [of motor vehicles] to local governing bodies to be issued to handicapped persons who reside in such locality) or by motor vehicles registered in accordance with section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being used for the transportation of a hand- icapped person. (B) ONE IN EVERY EIGHT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SPACES SHALL BE VAN ACCES- SIBLE. WHERE FIVE OR MORE PARKING SPACES ARE DESIGNATED HANDICAP ACCES- SIBLE, ANY SPACE THAT IS DESIGNATED AS VAN ACCESSIBLE SHALL BE RESERVED FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS ONLY. A VAN ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE RESERVED FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS SHALL BE AT LEAST NINE FEET WIDE AND SHALL HAVE AN ADJACENT ACCESS AISLE THAT IS AT LEAST EIGHT FEET WIDE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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