Bill Text: NY A09064 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits and provision of parking spaces for veterans injured in the line of duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - print number 9064a [A09064 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09064-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9064--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 21, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
          parking spaces for veterans injured in the line of duty
          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 four new
     2  sections 1205, 1205-a, 1205-b and 1205-c to read as follows:
     3    § 1205. Parking permits for veterans injured in the line of duty.   1.
     4  The commissioner shall distribute special vehicle identification parking
     5  permits  to the governing bodies of all cities, town and villages in the
     6  state.  Notwithstanding any local law or ordinance to the contrary, such
     7  permits shall entitle any vehicle displaying such permit to park in  any
     8  area in any city, town or village of the state which has been designated
     9  by  such  city, town or village or pursuant to the provisions of section
    10  twelve hundred five-c of this article as a place for parking for  veter-
    11  ans  injured  in  the line of duty.  The design, period of validity, and
    12  procedures for reissuance of such permits shall be as determined by  the
    13  commissioner.  A city, town or village issuing a permit pursuant to this
    14  subdivision shall indelibly inscribe or otherwise mark, on the  face  of
    15  such  permit,  the last three digits of the identification number of the
    16  driver's license or non-driver identification card of the person to whom
    17  the permit is issued. The governing bodies of cities, towns and villages
    18  in the state shall appoint an issuing agent to issue such  permits.  Any
    19  person  issued  a  permit  pursuant to this section who holds a driver's
    20  license or non-driver identification card  shall  make  the  last  three
    21  digits  of  such  license or identification card available to an issuing
    22  agent at the time of permit  issuance  or  renewal  by  presenting  such
    23  license  or identification card to such issuing agent. Any person issued
    24  a permit pursuant to this section who holds a driver's license  or  non-
    25  driver  identification  card  shall  carry  and  make available to a law
    26  enforcement officer upon demand, or as soon as  practicable  thereafter,
    27  his  or  her  driver's  license  or non-driver identification card which
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13619-03-6