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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraphs j and k of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a)  of
 section  1202  of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph j as amended
 by chapter 679 of the laws of 1970, and subparagraph  k  as  amended  by
 chapter 267 of the laws of 1998, are amended and a new subparagraph l is
 added to read as follows:
   j.  On  a  state expressway highway or state interstate route highway,
 including the entrances thereto and exits therefrom, which  are  a  part
 thereof, except in an emergency[.];
   k.  Engage  in  the  retail  sale  of  frozen desserts as that term is
 defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section  three  hundred  seventy-
 five  of  this  chapter  directly to pedestrians on any highway having a
 speed limit in excess of thirty miles per hour. Nothing herein shall  be
 construed  to  prohibit  the operator of such vehicle from stopping such
 vehicle off such highway, in a safe manner,  for  the  sole  purpose  of
 delivering  such  retail product directly to the residence of a consumer
 or to the business address of a customer of such retailer[.];
   L. WITHIN TEN FEET OF ANY BUS STOP.
   § 2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1202
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 206 of the laws of
 2020, is amended and a new subparagraph m is added to read as follows:
   l. In a space designated as provided  in  this  subparagraph  for  the
 exclusive purpose of charging an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle
 charging  station,  unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle connected
 to such charging station. Provided,  however,  that  an  electric  motor
 vehicle  disconnected  from the electric vehicle charging station for no

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 more than thirty continuous minutes while stopped, standing or parked in
 such designated space shall not be in violation  of  this  subparagraph.
 Parking spaces designated for the exclusive purpose of charging an elec-
 tric  vehicle  at  an electric vehicle charging station shall be clearly
 identified, and such designation shall include  conspicuous  and  perma-
 nently  installed  above  grade signs which shall be positioned from the
 parking space surface at a height of not less than five  feet  nor  more
 than  seven  feet  and  which identify such space as an electric vehicle
 charging station, indicate that such space is only for electric  vehicle
 charging  and  include any day or time restrictions. For the purposes of
 this subparagraph, the term "electric vehicle" shall mean a motor  vehi-
 cle  that is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associ-
 ated power electronics which provide acceleration torque  to  the  drive
 wheels  sometime  during  normal vehicle operation, and that draws elec-
 tricity from a battery or hydrogen fuel cell that is  capable  of  being
 recharged from an external source of electricity, such that the external
 source of electricity cannot be connected to the vehicle while the vehi-
 cle is in motion, and the term "electric vehicle charging station" shall
 mean  the  equipment  needed  to convey electric power from the electric
 grid or another power source to an onboard motor vehicle energy  storage
 system[.];
   M. WITHIN TEN FEET OF ANY BUS STOP.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that section two of this act shall
 take effect on the same date and in the same  manner  as  section  1  of
 chapter 206 of the laws of 2020, takes effect.