Senate Bill S2532

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2532

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the removal of motor vehicles for the purpose of
satisfying parking violations judgments

 PURPOSE :

To ensure that commercial motor vehicles or motor vehicles
transporting passengers are not removed from the street solely for the
purpose of satisfying an outstanding judgment for parking violations
unless the violations meet a certain threshold amount.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends section 19-212 of the Administrative Code
of the City of New York to create three subdivisions. The current
provisions of section 19-212, except the last sentence, are amended
and lettered subdivision (a). This amended subdivision provides that a
commercial motor vehicle or a motor vehicle for the transportation of
passengers must not be removed from any street solely for the purpose
of satisfying an outstanding judgment or judgments for parking
violations unless the total amount of the judgment including interest
is greater than one hundred fifty dollars.
              

New subdivision (b) provides the same language to apply for all other
motor vehicles not subject to subdivision (a), with a judgment amount
including interest greater than three hundred fifty dollars.

New subdivision (c) contains the last sentence of section 19-212's
current provisions.

Section 2 of the bill provides that this act shall take effect on the
sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

It is vital to increase the level of enforcement a substantial amount
for illegally parked commercial vehicles because the fines are not
enough in this situation. There are certain areas where commercial
vehicles park illegally all the time, and this would increase the
options for the city of New York to remove these vehicles. Booting has
been shown to be a highly effective method of permanently reducing
repeat commercial vehicle parking offenders. As it currently stands,
these illegally parked commercial vehicles are booted infrequently
because the fine amount is too high and this has caused many issues
for the city of New York in certain areas. Fines are not an adequate
enforcement tactic at this stage, and this measure will go a long way
toward curing this issue with illegally parked commercial vehicles in
the city of New York.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.6246 - Referred to Cities

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.