What's happening
This bill adds a penalty point on a driver's license for illegally parking in a handicapped parking space in New York.
Why it matters
Attaching a penalty point to the offense means violators could face increased insurance rates and risk of license suspension if they accumulate additional points from other driving violations.
Adding a point to the driver’s license makes the penalty for parking in a handicapped space more serious, potentially acting as a stronger deterrent than a fine alone.
This change signals an increased prioritization of accessible parking enforcement, which could improve access for people with disabilities and raise public awareness about the consequences of misuse.
The law empowers both state and local enforcement to take stronger action, which may result in more consistent and meaningful consequences for those who disregard handicapped parking regulations.
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Penalize Handicapped Parking Abusers
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3296
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, RIVERA, CUSICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to imposing points on a person's license for illegally parking in a handicapped parking space
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. (a) 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 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.
(b) In addition to the fine imposed by paragraph (a) of this subdivision, every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be
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subject to a penalty in the form of one point against such person's drivers license.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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