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Assembly Bill A1258

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Permits licensed physician, visiting nurse, nurse, physical therapist or chiropractor to park where parking is prohibited if vehicle is identified by special placard

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2013-A1258 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1868
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203, add §404-x, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1340, S5116
2011-2012: A955, S1219
2015-2016: A4655, S3182

2013-A1258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits licensed physician, visiting nurse, nurse, physical therapist or chiropractor to park where parking is prohibited if vehicle is identified by special placard; permits such parking for a period not to exceed 1 hour while attending to a patient in the immediate vicinity.

2013-A1258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1258

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER,
  MILLMAN, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
  regulations

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

  Section  1.  Section 1203 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
  (E) WHERE PARKING IS PROHIBITED BY SIGNS, BUT NOT  WHERE  STOPPING  OR
STANDING IS PROHIBITED, A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN, VISITING NURSE, NURSE
AS  DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,
PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR CHIROPRACTOR MAY PARK HIS/HER MOTOR VEHICLE, IDEN-
TIFIED BY A SPECIAL PLACARD  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION  FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED
ONE HOUR WHILE ATTENDING TO A PATIENT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
  S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
404-x to read as follows:
  S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE PLACARD FOR LICENSED PHYSICIANS, VISITING NURSES,
NURSES,  PHYSICAL  THERAPISTS  AND  CHIROPRACTORS.  1. ANY DULY LICENSED
PHYSICIAN, VISITING NURSE, NURSE, PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR CHIROPRACTOR  IN
THIS  STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE PLACARD BEARING
A UNIQUE SERIAL NUMBER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PRESCRIBE. APPLICATION FOR SAID PLACARD SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMIS-
SIONER AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
  2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLACARD  AUTHORIZED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER,
THAT  THE  APPLICANT  IS  PRESENTLY  A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN, VISITING
NURSE, NURSE, PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR CHIROPRACTOR.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04153-01-3

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