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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.