Bill Text: NY S01828 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows person entitled to disabled person license plate to park free at a parking meter if certain conditions are met.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01828 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01828-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1828
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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
         regulations for disabled persons
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
    3    5-A.  METERED  PARKING  CHARGES.  (A) ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A
    4  DISABLED PERSON PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO PARKING AT
    5  A METER WITHOUT CHARGE IF HE OR SHE MEETS ONE OF  THE  FOLLOWING  CONDI-
    6  TIONS:  (1) CANNOT INSERT COINS OR TOKENS IN A PARKING METER OR ACCEPT A
    7  TICKET FROM A PARKING LOT MACHINE DUE TO A LACK OF FINE MOTOR CONTROL IN
    8  BOTH HANDS; (2) CANNOT REACH TO A HEIGHT OF FORTY-TWO  INCHES  FROM  THE
    9  GROUND  DUE  TO  A  LACK  OF FINGER, HAND OR UPPER EXTREMITY STRENGTH OR
   10  MOBILITY; (3) CANNOT APPROACH CLOSE ENOUGH TO INSERT COINS INTO A  PARK-
   11  ING METER DUE TO USE OF A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER AMBULATORY DEVICE.
   12    (B)  THE  APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO PARK FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THIS
   13  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL
   14  AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE. THE FORM OF PERMISSION TO PARK FREE
   15  OF CHARGE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE  COMMISSION-
   16  ER.
   17    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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