Senate Bill S6686

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes temporary parking permits for women in their third trimester of pregnancy

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6686 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8703
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1203-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4191
2013-2014: A6308

2009-S6686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes temporary parking permits for women in their third trimester of pregnancy.

2009-S6686 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6686

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  authorizing
  temporary  parking permits for women in their third trimester of preg-
  nancy

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996, and subdivision 3 as amended
by chapter 220 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
  (i)  any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
as defined in subdivision three of section four hundred four-a  of  this
chapter,  upon  application  of  such  person or such person's parent or
guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall  issue  permits
only  to  residents  of  the city, town or village in which such issuing
agent is  located,  except  that,  an  issuing  agent,  in  his  or  her
discretion,  may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent  is
located  where  such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent;  and  an  issuing
agent,  in  his or her discretion, may issue a temporary special vehicle
identification parking permit, as authorized  by  subdivision  three  of
this  section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR  WHO  IS
IN  THE  THIRD  TRIMESTER  OF PREGNANCY, who resides in a city, town, or
village in which the issuing agent  does  not  issue  temporary  special
vehicle  identification parking permits, or who is not a resident of the
United States and is temporarily visiting the state; or
  3. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,  any
municipality  may issue a temporary special vehicle identification park-
ing permit to any person who is temporarily unable to  ambulate  without
the  aid  of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR WHO IS
IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF  PREGNANCY.  Such  temporary  special  vehicle
identification  parking  permit  shall  be  valid  for not more than six
months and shall be recognized statewide.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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