S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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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.