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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1760
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1488
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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Increases the fine for illegally parking in a spot for handicapped person
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor David Gantt
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3778
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the amount of the fine imposed for illegally parking
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of the bill imposes the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 613 of laws of 2003
Justification
imposes a larger maximum fine, any person who stops, stands or parks in spaces clearly marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, without a special vehicle identification parking permit, a special municipal parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not registered Shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy five dollars for the second offense occurring with a period of two years within the same municipality.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
none
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date
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