Senate Bill S3778

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the fine for illegally parking in a spot for handicapped person

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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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2015-S3778 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A207
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A968
2011-2012: A1189
2013-2014: S7410, A115
2017-2018: S4693, A1265
2019-2020: A2438

2015-S3778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the fine for illegally parking in a space marked for use by handicapped persons to a range of $75 to $200 for the subsequent offense within two years.

2015-S3778 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3778

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 17, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  increasing
  the amount of the fine imposed for illegally parking

  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 dollars for the first offense and seventy-five to [one] TWO
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 illegally 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.
                                                           LBD02466-01-5

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