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Assembly Bill A4443

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that instruction in the laws relating to handicapped parking be included in the pre-licensing driver's course

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2021-A4443 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1502
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S414
2011-2012: S1443
2013-2014: S1166
2015-2016: S1327
2017-2018: S2689
2019-2020: A9120, S978
2023-2024: S1473
2025-2026: S4869

2021-A4443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.

2021-A4443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4443
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
   spaces for handicapped persons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of  2019,  is
 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
   (b)  Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an  alcohol  and  drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road  Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision,  a  "Motorcycle  Safety"  awareness
 component  as  described  in  paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, and a
 "School Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph  (c-4)
 of  this  subdivision,  AND  INSTRUCTION IN THE LAWS RELATING TO PARKING
 SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  the  commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a road test
 in a representative vehicle of a type  prescribed  by  the  commissioner
 which  shall be appropriate to the type of license for which application
 is made, except that the commissioner may waive the road  test  require-
 ments for certain classes of applicants. The commissioner shall have the
 power  to  establish  a program to allow persons other than employees of
 the department to conduct road tests  in  representative  vehicles  when
 such  tests  are  required  for  applicants  to obtain a class A, B or C
 license. If HE OR she chooses to do so, HE OR she shall set forth HIS OR
 her reasons in writing and conduct  a  public  hearing  on  the  matter.
 [She]  HE  OR  SHE shall only establish such a program after holding the
 public hearing.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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