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Assembly Bill A6835A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits

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2019-A6835 - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L

2019-A6835 - Summary

Authorizes licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to persons temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device as long as such condition is something he or she treats in the practice of podiatry.

2019-A6835 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6835
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of
   issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to  persons
   temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
 1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 as
 amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 3 as  amended
 by chapter 220 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
 as defined in subdivision three of section four hundred four-a  of  this
 chapter,  upon  application  of  such  person or such person's parent or
 guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall  issue  permits
 only  to  residents  of  the city, town or village in which such issuing
 agent is  located,  except  that,  an  issuing  agent,  in  his  or  her
 discretion,  may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
 a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent  is
 located  where  such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
 the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent;  and  an  issuing
 agent,  in  his or her discretion, may issue a temporary special vehicle
 identification parking permit, as authorized  by  subdivision  three  of
 this  section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
 the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a  physician  OR  PODIA-
 TRIST,  who  resides  in  a  city, town, or village in which the issuing
 agent does not issue temporary special  vehicle  identification  parking
 permits,  or who is not a resident of the United States and is temporar-
 ily visiting the state; or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10884-01-9

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2019-A6835A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-a, V & T L

2019-A6835A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to persons temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device as long as such condition is something he or she treats in the practice of podiatry.

2019-A6835A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6835--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRESPO, McDONALD, STIRPE, ORTIZ, BUTTENSCHON --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of
   issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to  persons
   temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
 1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 as
 amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 3 as  amended
 by  chapter  220  of the laws of 1984, are amended and a new subdivision
 1-a is added to read as follows:
   (i) any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled  person,
 as defined in subdivision [three] FOUR of section four hundred four-a of
 this chapter, upon application of such person or such person's parent or
 guardian,  provided,  however, that an issuing agent shall issue permits
 only to residents of the city, town or village  in  which  such  issuing
 agent  is  located,  except  that,  an  issuing  agent,  in  his  or her
 discretion, may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is  not
 a  resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent is
 located where such person resides in a city, town, or village  in  which
 the  governing  body  has not appointed an issuing agent; and an issuing
 agent, in his or her discretion, may issue a temporary  special  vehicle
 identification  parking  permit,  as  authorized by subdivision three of
 this section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate  without
 the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician OR, PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE-A  OF  THIS  SECTION, A PODIATRIST DULY LICENSED TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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