Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A1077

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates a function for the parking violations bureau to accept and hear submissions by pedestrians against bureau officers and employees committing violations

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2009-A1077 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-203, NYC Ad Cd; amd §237, V & T L

2009-A1077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a function for the parking violations bureau to accept and hear submissions by pedestrians against bureau officers and employees committing parking violations during working hours by submitting photographic proof to the bureau; empowers the bureau to hear and determine charges of the violations in accordance with the title.

2009-A1077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1077

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Cities

AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  allowing  citizens  to  issue
  tickets  to designated officers and appointed employees of the parking
  violations bureau

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

  Section  1. Subdivision h of section 19-203 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended and a new subdivision i is  added  to
read as follows:
  h.  To  prepare and issue a notice of violation in blank to members of
the police department, the fire department, the department of  transpor-
tation  and  to  other officers as the bureau by regulation shall deter-
mine. The notice of violation, when filled in and sworn to  or  affirmed
by  such  designated  officers,  and served as provided in this chapter,
shall constitute notice of the parking violation charged[.];
  I. TO ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS BY PEDESTRIANS OF PARKING VIOLATIONS  COMMIT-
TED  DURING WORKING HOURS BY DESIGNATED OFFICERS AND APPOINTED EMPLOYEES
EMPOWERED TO ISSUE APPEARANCE TICKETS OF THE PARKING VIOLATIONS  BUREAU.
THE  CITIZEN MAY FILE A COMPLAINT BY SUBMITTING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF
SUCH PARKING VIOLATION TO THE BUREAU. THE BUREAU SHALL HEAR  AND  DETER-
MINE CHARGES OF THE VIOLATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS TITLE.
  S  2. Subdivision 11 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended and a new  subdivi-
sion 12 is added to read as follows:
  11.  To  adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners for violations of toll
collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.