What's happening
This bill increases fines for illegally parking in handicapped spaces in New York, especially for repeat offenders.
Why it matters
Increasing fines for repeat offenders. The bill doubles the maximum fine for a second offense within two years in the same municipality, raising it from $150 to $200. This is intended to deter repeat violations and signal that enforcement will be stricter for those who continue to disregard handicapped parking rules.
Local discretion preserved. While the bill sets new minimum and maximum fines, it still allows local laws to impose even larger fines, giving municipalities flexibility to address local concerns and potentially enforce even harsher penalties if they choose.
Broadens who can be fined. The bill clarifies that not only those without a permit, but also those misusing a permit (e.g., using someone else’s or not transporting the permitted person) and those parking in the access aisle can be fined, closing loopholes and strengthening enforcement.
Reinforces immediate enforcement options. The law continues to authorize ticketing officers to order the removal and storage of vehicles parked illegally in handicapped spaces or access aisles, ensuring that consequences can be both financial and immediate, which may further discourage violations.
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Raise Handicapped Parking Fines
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History
- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to codes
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- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2438
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the amount of the fine imposed for illegally parking
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4. Except as otherwise provided by local law which 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 in accordance with section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being used for the transportation of a handicapped person; or with such permit or registration and such person is not the one to whom the permit or registration was issued or is not transporting the person issued the permit or registration; or any person who parks in a handicapped parking access aisle; shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars for the first offense and seventy-five to [one] two hundred [fifty] dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of two years within the same municipality. The arresting or ticketing officer shall issue a summons to violators of this section. A ticketing officer issuing a summons pursuant to this section may provide for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped parking space, or a handicapped parking access aisle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00961-01-9
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