Bill Text: NY A04191 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes temporary parking permits for women in their third trimester of pregnancy.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-15)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A04191 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04191-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4191
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, ZEBROWSKI, CASTRO, JAFFEE, CUSICK,
SPANO, RAIA, MENG, McDONOUGH, HOOPER, GIBSON, ROBINSON, J. RIVERA,
M. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BRENNAN, BURLING,
CONTE, CRESPO, CROUCH, DESTITO, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, KOLB, LANCMAN,
MAGEE, MAISEL, MARKEY, McKEVITT, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, MONTESANO, OAKS,
PHEFFER, REILLY, SALADINO, SWEENEY, TEDISCO, TITONE, TOBACCO, TOWNS,
WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
temporary parking permits for women in their third trimester of preg-
nancy
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
2 1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 as
3 amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996, and subdivision 3 as amended
4 by chapter 220 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
5 (i) any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
6 as defined in subdivision three of section four hundred four-a of this
7 chapter, upon application of such person or such person's parent or
8 guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall issue permits
9 only to residents of the city, town or village in which such issuing
10 agent is located, except that, an issuing agent, in his or her
11 discretion, may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
12 a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent is
13 located where such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
14 the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent; and an issuing
15 agent, in his or her discretion, may issue a temporary special vehicle
16 identification parking permit, as authorized by subdivision three of
17 this section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
18 the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR WHO IS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, who resides in a city, town, or
2 village in which the issuing agent does not issue temporary special
3 vehicle identification parking permits, or who is not a resident of the
4 United States and is temporarily visiting the state; or
5 3. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any
6 municipality may issue a temporary special vehicle identification park-
7 ing permit to any person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
8 the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR WHO IS
9 IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY. Such temporary special vehicle
10 identification parking permit shall be valid for not more than six
11 months and shall be recognized statewide.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
