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Assembly Bill A7849

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide

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2009-A7849 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1203-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3363

2009-A7849 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide.

2009-A7849 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7849

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LAVINE, BENEDETTO, CUSICK, KAVANAGH, LATIMER,
  PAULIN, TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ALFANO,  AMEDORE,
  BACALLES,  BALL,  BARCLAY,  BARRA,  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,  BOYLE, CLARK,
  COLTON, CORWIN, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HAWLEY,
  JORDAN, KOLB, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, J. MILLER,  MOLI-
  NARO,   OAKS,   PEOPLES-STOKES,   PHEFFER,   RABBITT,  RAIA,  REILICH,
  J. RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SCOZZAFAVA,  TEDISCO,  THIELE,  TOBACCO,  TOWNS,
  TOWNSEND,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
  that access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces have to be
  at least eight feet wide

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  1203-c  of  the
vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1993,
is amended to read as follows:
  (b) Whenever a person, firm or corporation creates an off-street park-
ing lot OR PARKING GARAGE, or repaves or repaints more than one-half  of
the total number of parking spaces in an off-street parking lot OR PARK-
ING  GARAGE  which  contains  designated  handicapped parking spaces, or
creates designated handicapped parking spaces in an  off-street  parking
lot  OR PARKING GARAGE, or repaves or repaints more than one-half of the
total number of designated handicapped parking spaces in  an  off-street
parking lot OR PARKING GARAGE, [specifications as to] the size of desig-
nated  handicapped  parking  spaces  and  designated handicapped parking
space access aisles EACH shall be [in accordance with  the  requirements
of  the  New  York  state uniform fire prevention and building code.] AT
LEAST EIGHT FEET WIDE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD08533-01-9

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