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Senate Bill S8857

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit

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2023-S8857 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8303
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1203-b & 1203-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S682, A4160

2023-S8857 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit to not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred to five hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of five years within the state.

2023-S8857 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8857
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces
   without a handicapped permit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1203-b of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2. It shall be a violation for any person to stop,  stand  or  park  a
 vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking unless
 the vehicle bears a permit issued under section one thousand two hundred
 three-a  or  a  registration issued under section four hundred four-a of
 this chapter and such vehicle is being used for the transportation of  a
 severely  disabled  or  handicapped  person.  THE  PENALTY  FOR  SUCH  A
 VIOLATION SHALL BE A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS NOR
 MORE THAN  THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND THREE HUNDRED
 TO FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE UNDER THIS  SECTION
 OR  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-C OF THIS ARTICLE OCCURRING
 WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WITHIN THE STATE. This  subdivision  shall
 not apply to a violation of section twelve hundred three-c of this chap-
 ter.
   §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Except  as  otherwise provided by local law which imposes a larger
 maximum fine, any person who stops, stands or parks  in  spaces  clearly
 marked  for  use  by the handicapped either: (a) in accordance with this
 section; or (b) in the parking area of a  shopping  center  or  facility
 with at least one but less than five separate retail stores and at least
 twenty  off  street  parking  spaces  provided  for  use by the shopping
 public, in accordance with the state fire prevention and building  code,
 without  a  special  vehicle  identification  parking  permit, a special
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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