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Assembly Bill A8193

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to require any new signage relating to accessibility be updated and changed

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2013-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §20, Soc Serv L; amd §375, V & T L

2013-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to remove the word handicapped from any signs or means of communication where such word appears; further requires that anywhere where it is required that the current universal symbol of access of figure in a wheelchair appear that such signage instead depict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement; applies only to new signs.

2013-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8193

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law and the vehicle and traffic law,
  in relation to certain signs relating to accessibility

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

  Section  1. Section 20 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL  PROMULGATE
ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE WORD "HANDICAPPED"
FROM ANY SIGNS OR MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WHERE SUCH WORD  APPEARS.  SUCH
OFFICE SHALL FURTHER REQUIRE THAT ANYWHERE WHERE IT IS REQUIRED THAT THE
CURRENT UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF ACCESS OF FIGURE IN A WHEELCHAIR APPEAR THAT
SUCH  SIGNAGE  FOR  ACCESSIBILITY  INSTEAD  DEPICT A LOGO WITH A DYNAMIC
CHARACTER LEANING FORWARD WITH A SENSE OF MOVEMENT.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO ANY NEW SIGNS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON
AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 20 of section  375
of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of
1992, is amended to read as follows:
  (2)  The universal handicapped symbol shall be conspicuously displayed
on the exterior of every omnibus equipped with a wheelchair  lift  which
transports children with disabilities. The commissioner shall promulgate
regulations  regarding  the  size  and  location of such universal hand-
icapped symbol. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ANY  NEW  SIGNAGE
RELATING  TO ACCESSIBILITY IMPLEMENTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  WHICH  AMENDED  THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH DEPICT A LOGO WITH A DYNAMIC CHARACTER LEANING FORWARD WITH
A SENSE OF MOVEMENT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11777-01-3

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