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S3936Senate2009-2010 Session

Amends provisions regarding certain off street parking for the handicapped to require certain ramp cuts

Sponsor Suzi OppenheimerSD-37Affects Transportation
Status
In Senate Committee
Transportation
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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In committee · Transportation

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Suzi Oppenheimer

Senator · Senate District 37

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

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Title of bill

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking for the handicapped

Summary of provisions

Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law by providing that parking spaces designated as handicapped parking spaces, which are separated by the facilities by a barrier must have a ramp-cut in the barrier.

Justification

The Vehicle and Traffic Law currently requires certain shopping centers or facilities to provide specified numbers of parking spaces for the handicapped. For persons confined to wheelchairs, the existence of a designated parking space is of limited benefit where curbs or other way as to deny access from the parking lot. Many ample ramp-cut per covered shopping center and everyone hundred feet of curb.

Legislative history

03/14/07 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION 01/09/08 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect September 1, in the year next succeeding the year in which it shall have become a law.

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