Bill Text: NY A06835 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Authorizes licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to persons temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device as long as such condition is something he or she treats in the practice of podiatry.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06835 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06835-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Authorizes licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to persons temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device as long as such condition is something he or she treats in the practice of podiatry.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06835 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06835-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6835 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing licensed podiatrists to certify a temporary disability for purposes of issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits to persons temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device 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 podia- 19 trist, who resides in a city, town, or village in which the issuing 20 agent does not issue temporary special vehicle identification parking 21 permits, or who is not a resident of the United States and is temporar- 22 ily visiting the state; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10884-01-9A. 6835 2 1 3. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any 2 municipality may issue a temporary special vehicle identification park- 3 ing permit to any person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without 4 the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician or podia- 5 trist. Such temporary special vehicle identification parking permit 6 shall be valid for not more than six months and shall be recognized 7 statewide. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law.