Bill Text: NY S01443 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01443-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1443
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, SAMPSON --
         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 parking
         spaces for handicapped persons
         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 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
    2  cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of  2002,  is
    3  amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
    4    (b)  Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
    5  graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an  alcohol  and  drug
    6  education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
    7  "Road  Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
    8  subdivision [and], a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described
    9  in paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision,  AND  INSTRUCTION  IN  THE  LAWS
   10  RELATING TO PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
   11  (I)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, the commissioner shall cause the applicant to
   12  take a road test in a representative vehicle of a type prescribed by the
   13  commissioner which shall be appropriate to the type of license for which
   14  application is made, except that the commissioner  may  waive  the  road
   15  test  requirements  for  certain classes of applicants. The commissioner
   16  shall have the power to establish a program to allow persons other  than
   17  employees  of  the  department  to  conduct road tests in representative
   18  vehicles when such tests are required for applicants to obtain  a  class
   19  A,  B  or  C license.   If she chooses to do so, she shall set forth her
   20  reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on the matter. She shall
   21  only establish such a program after holding the public hearing.
   22    (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE IN THE  PRE-LICENSING  COURSE,  SET
   23  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN
   24  EDUCATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   26  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05128-01-1