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                                          907
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. COLTON, J. RIVERA, ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. COOK, MILLMAN, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  parking
         infractions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2-a  of  section  238  of  the
    2  vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 1995, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (b) If any information which is required to be inserted on a notice of
    5  violation  is  omitted  from  the  notice of violation, misdescribed, or
    6  illegible, the violation shall be  dismissed  upon  application  of  the
    7  person  charged with the violation. SUCH APPLICATION FOR DISMISSAL SHALL
    8  BE AVAILABLE TO THE PERSON CHARGED WITH THE VIOLATION DESPITE  THE  FACT
    9  THAT  A  DEFAULT  JUDGMENT  WAS  ENTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
   10  FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   12  have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to any notice of violation issued
   13  after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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