What's happening
This bill requires courts to pay $100 to individuals who receive and successfully contest erroneously issued parking violation summonses.
Why it matters
Financial compensation for wrongful tickets. The bill creates a direct financial consequence for the government when it issues parking tickets in error, incentivizing more careful and accurate ticketing by city enforcement officers.
Relief for wrongly accused drivers. People who have to spend time and effort fighting an unjust parking ticket will now receive $100 if they win, providing some compensation for lost time, stress, and possible lost wages.
Possible reduction in frivolous or mistaken ticketing. By imposing a cost for mistakes, the law could lead to improved training, oversight, or technology to reduce erroneously issued tickets, potentially decreasing the number of people wrongly cited.
Accountability and fairness in local government. The measure signals a shift toward greater accountability for errors in enforcement, reinforcing public trust that government agencies must answer for avoidable mistakes that inconvenience citizens.
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Pay for Wrong Parking Tickets
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4257
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
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 an erroneously issued parking violation summons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1200 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
(e) Where a court or hearing officer determines that a parking violation summons was erroneously issued due to no fault of the person receiving such summons and is dismissed because the driver did not violate any law, the court shall issue a one hundred dollar payment to the person who was issued the ticket.
§ 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.
LBD07810-01-9
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