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                                  9735--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to a fine for
   parked or unattended semitrailers or trailers on  streets  of  a  city
   with a population of one million or more

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 1204 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of  1974,  is
 amended and two new paragraphs 3 and 4 are added to read as follows:
   2.  In any city with a population of one million or more, whenever any
 police officer, or any person designated by the commissioner  [of  traf-
 fic], finds a semitrailer or trailer without a tractor or towing vehicle
 attached,  parked  or  unattended  on  any  city street, such officer or
 person designated by the commissioner [of traffic] is hereby  authorized
 to  provide  for the removal of such semitrailer or trailer to a garage,
 automobile pound or other place of safety.
   3. THE OWNER OF A SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER WITHOUT A TRACTOR  OR  TOWING
 VEHICLE  ATTACHED,  PARKED  OR  UNATTENDED  ON ANY CITY STREET, SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   4. IF A SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER WITHOUT A  TRACTOR  OR  TOWING  VEHICLE
 ATTACHED  IS  PARKED  AND LEFT UNATTENDED ON ANY STREET IN A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHILE IT IS USED  FOR  FILM  OR  TELE-
 VISION PRODUCTION, THE OWNER OF SUCH SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER SHALL NOT BE
 SUBJECT  TO THE FINE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER IS PARKED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF ANY PERMIT ISSUED BY SUCH CITY RELATING TO THE USE
 OF SEMITRAILERS OR TRAILERS BEING USED IN CONNECTION WITH FILM OR  TELE-
 VISION PRODUCTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 458 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05367-03-2

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   2.  To  provide  for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking
 violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary  fines  and  penal-
 ties,  provided  however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed fifty
 dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a popu-
 lation  of  one  million  or  more, violations committed in spaces where
 stopping or standing is prohibited for which  monetary  penalties  shall
 not  exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations
 for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
 and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population
 of one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties  shall
 not  be  less  than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
 dollars for each abandoned vehicle violation; and  (c)  a  city  with  a
 population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to
 [two  hundred  fifty  dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred
 dollars for subsequent offenses within a six month period] ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  for  tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and
 semi-trailers parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.