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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
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Introduced  by  M. of A. MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTT-
  FRIED, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Transpor-
  tation

AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to violations for  parking  in  a
  bicycle lane

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative  code
of the city of New York, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 93
of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  To  provide  for  penalties  other  than  imprisonment for parking
violations, provided however, that monetary penalties shall  not  exceed
fifty  dollars for each parking violation, provided that monetary penal-
ties shall not exceed one hundred dollars  for  each  parking  violation
committed  in  a  space  where  stopping  or  standing is prohibited and
provided, further, that monetary penalties shall not exceed one  hundred
fifty  dollars  for  each handicapped parking violation OR VIOLATION FOR
PARKING IN A BICYCLE LANE;
  S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
1809-f to read as follows:
  S 1809-F. MANDATORY SURCHARGE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS RELATING
TO  PARKING IN A BICYCLE LANE. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
LAW, WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS IN  AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  OR  A  COURT
RESULT  IN  A FINDING OF LIABILITY, OR CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY
STATUTE, LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE OR RULE INVOLVING THE PARKING,  STOPPING
OR  STANDING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN A BICYCLE LANE, THERE SHALL BE LEVIED,
IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR OTHER SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED  BY
LAW, AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE OF THIRTY DOLLARS.
  2.  THE  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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NAL THAT MADE THE DETERMINATION OF LIABILITY. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN  DAYS
OF  THE  MONTH  NEXT  SUCCEEDING  THE  COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGE, THE
COLLECTING AUTHORITY SHALL PAY SUCH SURCHARGE TO THE CHIEF FISCAL  OFFI-
CER  OF  THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH VIOLATION OCCURRED OR IF THE VIOLATION
OCCURRED IN NEW YORK CITY, TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO BE USED  BY  SUCH
CITY FOR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S BICYCLE SAFETY
OUTREACH PROGRAM.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.