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Assembly Bill A9662

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that instruction in the laws relating to handicapped parking be included in the pre-licensing driver's course

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2017-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L

2017-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.

2017-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9662
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  parking
   spaces for handicapped persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
   (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of  this
 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph  (c-2) of this subdivision, [and] a "Motorcycle Safety" aware-
 ness component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision,  AND
 INSTRUCTION  IN  THE LAWS RELATING TO PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED
 AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (I)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  the  commissioner
 shall  cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehi-
 cle of a type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be  appropriate
 to  the  type  of license for which application is made, except that the
 commissioner may waive the road test requirements for certain classes of
 applicants. The commissioner shall have the power to establish a program
 to allow persons other than employees of the department to conduct  road
 tests in representative vehicles when such tests are required for appli-
 cants  to obtain a class A, B or C license. If she chooses to do so, she
 shall set forth her reasons in writing and conduct a public  hearing  on
 the  matter.  She  shall only establish such a program after holding the
 public hearing.
   (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE IN THE  PRE-LICENSING  COURSE,  SET
 FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN
 EDUCATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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