NY State Senate Bill 2009-S1828

Senate Bill S1828

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows person entitled to disabled person license plate to park free at a parking meter if certain conditions are met

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Feb 09, 2009	referred to transportation

2009-S1828 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-a, V & T L

2009-S1828 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows person entitled to disabled person license plate to park free at a parking meter if certain conditions are met.

2009-S1828 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1828

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
regulations for disabled persons


 PURPOSE :

Allows person entitled to disabled person license plate to park free
at a parking meter if certain conditions are met.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

The legislation amends §404-a of the vehicle and traffic law by adding
a new subdivision 5-a exempting from parking meter fees those
individuals with state-issued disabled license plates who lack
sufficient mobility or fine motor control to either reach a parking
meter or insert coins into the device.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This legislation would allow a person already entitled to disabled
license plates to park for free at parking meters if certain
additional conditions are met. Under current law, motorists with

disabled license plates are entitled to park in specially-designated
disabled parking spaces and to receive full-service refueling at the
self-service price at retail gas stations that offer both. However, no
current law addresses the dilemma faced by a disabled individual who
can operate a motor vehicle but cannot utilize metered parking because
of an inability to reach the meter or to insert coins in a tiny slot.

Michigan already has a similar law on the books for its disabled
motorists. That state allows a disabled person to affix to his or her
disabled license plate a special sticker issued by the state
department of motor vehicles after requisite medical proof is
furnished to the state that the required physical conditions are met.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2006 - S.4791 - Referred to Transportation
2008 - S.2231 - Referred to Transportation

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

2009-S1828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1828

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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  parking
  regulations for disabled persons

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

  Section 1. Section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended  by
adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
  5-A.  METERED  PARKING  CHARGES.  (A) ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A
DISABLED PERSON PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO PARKING AT
A METER WITHOUT CHARGE IF HE OR SHE MEETS ONE OF  THE  FOLLOWING  CONDI-
TIONS:  (1) CANNOT INSERT COINS OR TOKENS IN A PARKING METER OR ACCEPT A
TICKET FROM A PARKING LOT MACHINE DUE TO A LACK OF FINE MOTOR CONTROL IN
BOTH HANDS; (2) CANNOT REACH TO A HEIGHT OF FORTY-TWO  INCHES  FROM  THE
GROUND  DUE  TO  A  LACK  OF FINGER, HAND OR UPPER EXTREMITY STRENGTH OR
MOBILITY; (3) CANNOT APPROACH CLOSE ENOUGH TO INSERT COINS INTO A  PARK-
ING METER DUE TO USE OF A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER AMBULATORY DEVICE.
  (B)  THE  APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO PARK FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL
AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE. THE FORM OF PERMISSION TO PARK FREE
OF CHARGE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE  COMMISSION-
ER.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02651-01-9

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