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Senate Bill S4382A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking spaces

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2017-S4382 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8640
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4516, A6595
2013-2014: S305, A783
2015-2016: S244, A2183
2019-2020: S1643, A148
2021-2022: S1271, A9702

2017-S4382 - Summary

Increases the fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking spaces.

2017-S4382 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4382 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4382
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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 fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking places
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1203-e of the vehicle and traffic law,  as  amended
 by chapter 65 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1203-e. Dumping snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited.
 Any  person who knowingly dumps or shovels snow onto a parking place for
 handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for  parking  purposes
 shall  be  subject  to a fine of [twenty-five] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars
 for the first offense and a fine  not  to  exceed  [one]  THREE  hundred
 dollars  for  every  offense  thereafter.  However, a local or municipal
 government may, by local law or ordinance, establish fines  higher  than
 those  established  in  this section, but in no instance shall the fines
 exceed TWO HUNDRED fifty dollars for the first  offense  or  [two]  FIVE
 hundred dollars for the second or subsequent offense.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09887-01-7

2017-S4382A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8640
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4516, A6595
2013-2014: S305, A783
2015-2016: S244, A2183
2019-2020: S1643, A148
2021-2022: S1271, A9702

2017-S4382A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking spaces.

2017-S4382A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4382A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4382--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   the fines for dumping snow onto handicapped parking places
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1203-e of the vehicle and traffic law,  as  amended
 by chapter 65 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1203-e. Dumping snow onto parking places for handicapped prohibited.
 Any  person who knowingly dumps or shovels snow onto a parking place for
 handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for  parking  purposes
 shall  be  subject  to  a  fine of [twenty-five] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE
 dollars for the first offense and a fine not to exceed [one hundred] TWO
 HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for every offense thereafter. However, a local  or
 municipal  government  may,  by  local law or ordinance, establish fines
 higher than those established in this section, but in no instance  shall
 the fines exceed TWO HUNDRED fifty dollars for the first offense or [two
 hundred]  FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars  for  the  second  or subsequent
 offense.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09887-03-7

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