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Assembly Bill A6238

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that signs required to be posted at certain handicapped parking spaces give notice of fines for illegally parking in such spaces

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2009-A6238 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1203-c, V & T L

2009-A6238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signs posted for certain handicapped parking spaces at a shopping center or retail store to give notice of the amount of fines for illegally parking in such spaces.

2009-A6238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6238

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BARRA, WALKER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  posting
  notice  of  fines for illegally parking in certain spaces reserved for
  the handicapped

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

  Section  1.    Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 1203-c of the
vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of  2005,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  The  parking spaces designated pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be clearly identified for use by handicapped persons which
designation shall include conspicuous and  permanently  installed  above
grade  signs  which display the international symbol of access and which
shall be positioned from the parking space surface at a  height  of  not
less  than five feet nor more than seven feet and may include the use of
blue painted lines or markings.  Such parking spaces also may be  marked
as  tow-away  zones.   SUCH SIGNS SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE
FINES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS ILLEGALLY PARKING IN SUCH SPACES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07276-01-9

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