S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2149
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 12, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, DeFRANCISCO, DIAZ, FUSCHILLO, LANZA, MORA-
HAN, RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SEWARD, THOMPSON, YOUNG -- 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 the fine for
certain handicapped parking violations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read
as follows:
4. Except as otherwise provided by local law which imposes a larger
maximum fine, any person who stops, stands or parks in spaces clearly
marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, with-
out a special vehicle identification parking permit, a special municipal
parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not registered in accordance
with section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being used for the
transportation of a handicapped person; or with such permit or registra-
tion and such person is not the one to whom the permit or registration
was issued or is not transporting the person issued the permit or regis-
tration; or any person who parks in a handicapped parking access aisle;
shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than
[seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED dollars for the first offense and [seventy-
five] ONE HUNDRED to one hundred fifty dollars for the second offense
occurring within a period of two years within the same municipality. The
arresting or ticketing officer shall issue a summons to violators of
this section. A ticketing officer issuing a summons pursuant to this
section may provide for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle ille-
gally parked in a handicapped parking space, or a handicapped parking
access aisle.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November 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.