Bill Text: NJ A2361 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-12-11 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [A2361 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2361-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2361

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 4, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Human Services Committee on February 8, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the removal of snow near certain access points used by persons with disabilities and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The operator of any snowplow or other equipment used for the removal of snow on a public roadway, public walkway, or on private property open to the public or to which the public is invited, shall not deposit, or cause to be deposited, snow on any ¹properly marked¹ access ramp, curb cut, special parking space, or other improvement designed to provide access to persons with disabilities.  An operator of any snowplow or other snow removal equipment who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined $250 for the first offense and $500 for each subsequent offense.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.