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Senate Bill S10243

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes an affirmative defense to certain parking violations for individuals attending religious services

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2025-S10243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1111-c & 1111-c-1, V & T L

2025-S10243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an affirmative defense for certain parking violations for individuals attending religious services.

2025-S10243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10243
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 establishing
   an affirmative defense to certain parking violations  for  individuals
   attending religious services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
   (P) IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE  TO  ANY  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY
 ISSUED  FOR STANDING, STOPPING, OR PARKING IN A BUS LANE IN VIOLATION OF
 THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4-08 OF CHAPTER FOUR OF TITLE THIR-
 TY-FOUR OF THE RULES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT  TO  A  BUS  RAPID
 TRANSIT  PROGRAM  ADOPTED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF
 THE VEHICLE WAS  ATTENDING  RELIGIOUS  SERVICES  AT  THE  TIME  OF  SUCH
 VIOLATION.
   §  2.  Section  1111-c-1  of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (r) to read as follows:
   (R) IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE  TO  ANY  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY
 ISSUED  FOR  A  VIOLATION OF SECTION 4-08(E)(9) OR 4-08(F)(4) OF CHAPTER
 FOUR OF TITLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE RULES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  PURSUANT
 TO  A  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE
 OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS ATTENDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT THE TIME  OF
 SUCH VIOLATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
 amendments  to  sections  1111-c and 1111-c-1 of the vehicle and traffic
 law made by sections one and two of this act shall not affect the repeal
 of such sections and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15779-01-6

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