STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3296 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ 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. LBD07194-01-9A. 3296 2 1 subject to a penalty in the form of one point against such person's 2 drivers license. 3 § 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.