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A3326Assembly2017-2018 Session

Warn Before Parking Ticket

Official title

“Requires a verbal warning to be issued prior to the issuance of a parking violation”

Sponsor Michael DenDekkerAD-34Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill requires that a verbal warning be given to occupants before a parking violation is issued in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Gives drivers and passengers a chance to move their vehicle before receiving a ticket. , potentially reducing the number of parking fines issued to people who are present and able to comply immediately.

  2. Shifts the approach of parking enforcement toward education and compliance rather than punishment. , which could foster better relationships between the public and enforcement officers.

  3. Could lead to fewer financial penalties for individuals who may have parked illegally only briefly or unintentionally. , helping to avoid unnecessary financial burdens, especially for those who may be experiencing hardship.

  4. May affect the efficiency of ticketing processes and increase interactions between enforcement personnel and the public. , potentially impacting officer workload and the speed of enforcement in busy urban areas.

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Who cares

  • Drivers and passengers in occupied vehicles

    The bill would require a verbal warning before a parking violation could be issued to a vehicle with anyone inside.

  • Police and fire departments

    Members authorized to issue parking violations would have to give a verbal warning first when a vehicle is occupied.

  • Transportation departments and other authorized parking enforcers

    The bill would add a verbal-warning requirement when issuing parking violations to occupied vehicles.

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Warn Before Parking Ticket

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Michael DenDekker

Assembly Member · Assembly District 34

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3326

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 27, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring verbal warnings to be issued prior to the issuance of a parking violation

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1202-a to read as follows:

§ 1202-a. Verbal warning prior to parking violation. No motor vehicle, occupied by one or more persons, shall be issued a parking violation unless a verbal warning has first been issued by a member of the police department, fire department, the department of transportation or any other officer or entity designated with the authority to issue such violations.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08448-01-7

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