What's happening
This bill allows vehicles with Purple Heart or disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces in New York.
Why it matters
Expands parking access for veterans. By allowing vehicles with Purple Heart or disabled veteran plates to use handicapped spaces, the bill recognizes the mobility challenges faced by many veterans, even if they have not been formally certified as disabled under existing handicapped parking rules.
Reduces administrative barriers. Veterans with these special plates would no longer need to obtain a separate handicapped parking permit, streamlining access to convenient parking and potentially reducing bureaucratic hurdles.
Symbolic recognition of service and sacrifice. The bill publicly honors the contributions and sacrifices of Purple Heart recipients and disabled veterans, reinforcing respect and gratitude for their service through a tangible benefit.
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Veterans Plates Get Handicap Parking
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History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3700
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 13, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. Parking spaces for the handicapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and one thousand two hundred three-c of this chapter shall also be extended to a motor vehicle bearing a disabled veteran plate pursuant to subdivision three of section four hundred four-a or a purple heart plate pursuant to section four hundred four-e of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04164-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces
Purpose or general idea of bill
Relates to allowing vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one amends section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new subdivision 3 to declare that parking spaces for the hand- icapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and one thousand two hundred three-c of this chapter shall also be extended to a motor vehicle bearing a disabled veteran plate pursuant to subdivi- sion three of section four hundred four-a or a purple heart plate pursu- ant to section four hundred four-e of this chapter.
Section two provides the effective date.
Justification
Purple Heart recipients and disabled veterans are heroes who have risked their lives to defend our country. As the Purple Heart award is one of the oldest military decorations of all time, it is important that we never forget to show gratitude to our veterans in any way that we can. This bill, allowing Purple Heart and disabled veterans license plates to park in handicapped parking spots, is another way to thank our veterans for their service.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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