S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7788
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 27, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, RIVERA, CUSICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of  A.  GALEF,  LUPARDO  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  imposing
         points  on  a  person's license for illegally parking in a handicapped
         parking space
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    4. (A) Except as otherwise provided by local law which imposes a larg-
    5  er maximum fine, any person who stops, stands or parks in spaces clearly
    6  marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, with-
    7  out a special vehicle identification parking permit, a special municipal
    8  parking  permit  or  whose motor vehicle is not registered in accordance
    9  with section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being used for  the
   10  transportation of a handicapped person; or with such permit or registra-
   11  tion  and  such person is not the one to whom the permit or registration
   12  was issued or is not transporting the person issued the permit or regis-
   13  tration; or any person who parks in a handicapped parking access  aisle;
   14  shall  be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than
   15  seventy-five dollars for the  first  offense  and  seventy-five  to  one
   16  hundred  fifty  dollars for the second offense occurring within a period
   17  of two years within the same municipality. The  arresting  or  ticketing
   18  officer  shall issue a summons to violators of this section. A ticketing
   19  officer issuing a summons pursuant to this section may provide  for  the
   20  removal and storage of a motor vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped
   21  parking space, or a handicapped parking access aisle.
   22    (B)  IN ADDITION TO THE FINE IMPOSED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   23  SION, EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  SUBJECT  TO  A  PENALTY  IN  THE FORM OF ONE POINT AGAINST SUCH PERSON'S
    2  DRIVERS LICENSE.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.