Bill Text: NY S05190 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to parking in areas designated for charging electric cars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05190-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5190
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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  in
         areas designated for charging electric cars
         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    S 1205. PARKING SPACES; CHARGING PLUG-IN ELECTRIC CARS. 1. IT SHALL BE
    4  A  VIOLATION FOR ANY PERSON TO STOP, STAND OR PARK A VEHICLE IN ANY AREA
    5  DESIGNATED AS A PLACE FOR A PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO PARK AND  CHARGE
    6  UNLESS  SUCH VEHICLE IS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT IS PLUGGED IN AND BEING
    7  CHARGED.
    8    2. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LOCAL LAW WHICH  IMPOSES  A  LARGER
    9  MAXIMUM  FINE,  ANY PERSON WHO STOPS, STANDS OR PARKS IN A SPACE CLEARLY
   10  MARKED FOR USE BY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
   11  THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN  FIFTY  DOLLARS
   12  NOR   MORE   THAN   SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  FIRST  OFFENSE  AND
   13  SEVENTY-FIVE TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE  OCCUR-
   14  RING  WITHIN  A  PERIOD  OF  TWO YEARS WITHIN THE SAME MUNICIPALITY. THE
   15  ARRESTING OR TICKETING OFFICER SHALL ISSUE A SUMMONS TO  A  VIOLATOR  OF
   16  THIS  SECTION.  A  TICKETING  OFFICER ISSUING A SUMMONS PURSUANT TO THIS
   17  SECTION MAY PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ILLE-
   18  GALLY PARKED IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10930-02-3