S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to increasing total dollar amount of outstanding parking
violations and deeming the owner a scofflaw
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 19-212 of the administrative code of the city of
New York, as amended by local law number 65 of the city of New York for
the year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
§ 19-212 Limitation on removal of motor vehicles for purposes of
satisfying parking violation judgments. A. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a motor vehicle shall not be removed from any street
or other public area solely for the purpose of satisfying an outstanding
judgment or judgments for parking violations against the owner unless
SUCH OWNER IS A SCOFFLAW.
B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A SCOFFLAW IS DEFINED AS AN OWNER OF
A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH MORE THAN THREE OUTSTANDING JUDGMENTS FOR PARKING
VIOLATIONS OR the total amount of such judgment or judgments, including
interest, is greater than [three] FIVE hundred fifty dollars.
C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit
the removal of a motor vehicle which is illegally parked, stopped or
standing.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05268-01-9