Assembly Bill A5572

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases the fine for handicap parking violations and allows motorists so cited to provide proof of possession of such permit to reduce such fine

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  • 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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2011-A5572 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3418
2015-2016: A4357

2011-A5572 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the fine for handicap parking violations and allows motorists so cited to provide proof of possession of such permit to reduce such fine.

2011-A5572 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5572

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE, CUSICK, CASTELLI, RAIA, JOHNS, CERETTO,
  P. RIVERA, MONTESANO, N. RIVERA, BURLING -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
  of  A.  ABBATE,  BARCLAY,  DUPREY, GIGLIO, McKEVITT, ORTIZ, STEVENSON,
  SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Trans-
  portation

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  FIFTY  dollars  for  the first offense and
[seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY to [one] TWO hundred fifty dollars  for
the  second  offense  occurring  within a period of two years within the
same municipality; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF A MOTORIST BEING ISSUED  A
SUMMONS  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PROVIDES PROOF OF POSSESSING A SPECIAL
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PARKING PERMIT OR  A  SPECIAL  MUNICIPAL  PARKING
PERMIT TO THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE SUMMONS WAS ISSUED WITHIN TEN DAYS,
THEY  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO A FINE OF NO LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08231-01-1
              

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