Bill Text: NY A02706 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a municipality to prohibit parking on certain roads during any filming that occurs in connection with a permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A02706 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02706-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2706
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
          of the city of New York, in relation to parking regulations
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1205 to read as follows:
     3    § 1205. Suspension of alternate side of the  street  parking  laws  or
     4  rules.  1.  When  parking is prohibited pursuant to an alternate side of
     5  the street parking law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation,  upon  the
     6  issuance  of  a  film  permit  by  a  municipality that requires parking
     7  restrictions, such municipal issuing authority shall submit  a  copy  of
     8  the  permit  to the municipal policing authority and/or parking enforce-
     9  ment. Such permit shall include the names of all streets on which  film-
    10  ing and parking restrictions will occur, and the dates of such filming.
    11    2.  Upon  issuance  of  a  permit  pursuant to subdivision one of this
    12  section, the municipality shall suspend alternate  side  of  the  street
    13  parking laws or rules on any of the streets within a six block radius of
    14  the street on which filming shall take place.
    15    3. The municipality shall take whatever procedures necessary to ensure
    16  that people are properly notified of the changes in parking prior to the
    17  date  such  alternate  side of the street parking law or rule suspension
    18  takes effect.
    19    § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
    20  adding a new section 19-163.3 to read as follows:
    21    §  19-163.3  Suspension of alternate side of the street parking rules.
    22  1. In accordance with the vehicle and traffic law, upon the issuance  of
    23  a  film  permit  that requires parking restrictions by the New York city
    24  mayor's office of media and entertainment, such office  shall  submit  a
    25  copy  of  the  permit  to  the department of transportation. Such permit
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall include the names of all streets  on  which  filming  and  parking
     2  restrictions will occur, and the dates of such filming.
     3    2.  Upon  receipt  of  a  permit  pursuant  to subdivision one of this
     4  section, the department shall suspend all alternate side of  the  street
     5  parking  rules  on  any  of the streets within a six block radius of the
     6  street on which the filming shall take place.
     7    3. The department shall take whatever procedures necessary  to  ensure
     8  that  people are properly notified of the changes in parking rules prior
     9  to the date such alternate side of the street parking  rules  suspension
    10  takes effect.
    11    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
    12  film permits issued on or after such effective date.