Bill Text: NY A10341 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a parking placard review board to undertake a review of the impact of parking placard use within the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-29 - referred to cities [A10341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10341-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10341

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          a parking placard review board

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new arti-
     2  cle 12 to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 12
     4                        PARKING PLACARD REVIEW BOARD
     5  Section 3985. Parking placard review board.
     6    §  3985.  Parking placard review board. 1. There is hereby created the
     7  parking placard review "board", hereinafter referred to as the  "board",
     8  which  shall consist of a chair and fourteen members; three members upon
     9  the recommendation of the governor, one of whom shall be  the  chair  of
    10  the  board  and  one  of  whom shall be the commissioner of the New York
    11  state department of transportation or his or her designee; three members
    12  upon the recommendation of the mayor of the city of  New  York,  one  of
    13  whom shall be the commissioner of the New York city department of trans-
    14  portation or his or her designee and one of whom shall be the chancellor
    15  of the New York city department of education or his or her designee; two
    16  members  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  temporary  president of the
    17  senate; two members upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assem-
    18  bly, one of whom shall be the chief judge of New York state  or  his  or
    19  her designee; one member who shall be the executive director of the port
    20  authority  of New York and New Jersey or his or her designee; one member
    21  who shall be the chairman of the metropolitan  transportation  authority
    22  or his or her designee; one member who shall be the district attorney of
    23  the  county of New York or his or her designee; and one member who shall
    24  be from the office of the assistant director of the  federal  bureau  of
    25  investigation New York field office or his or her designee.
    26    2. The board shall undertake a review of the impact of parking placard
    27  use  within  the  city of New York. The board shall issue a final report
    28  and make recommendations related to the impact of parking placards  upon

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15772-02-0
        A. 10341                            2

     1  congestion  and  shall  establish criteria for the retention of existing
     2  parking placards and the distribution of new parking placards, and shall
     3  consider factors including, but not limited to:
     4    (a) the impact of parking placards upon congestion;
     5    (b)  how often parking placards are misused, including illegal parking
     6  at bus stops, in loading zones and at unpaid meters;
     7    (c) the effectiveness of any measures that have  already  been  imple-
     8  mented to address parking placards, including legislation enacted by the
     9  city  of  New  York,  and how such measures may be improved and expanded
    10  upon;
    11    (d) the number of parking placard complaints that are received and the
    12  response and resolution of such complaints;
    13    (e) requiring entities who issue parking placards to implement a ceil-
    14  ing on the number of placards issued;
    15    (f) eliminating reserved or dedicated  parking  for  individuals  with
    16  placards; and
    17    (g)  enforcement  of penalties for parking placard misuse by an entity
    18  with independence from the individuals it would need to enforce.
    19    3. The board shall, within six months  of  convening,  issue  a  final
    20  report and recommendations to the governor, the mayor of the city of New
    21  York,  the  temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assem-
    22  bly, the commissioner of the New York state  department  of  transporta-
    23  tion,  the  commissioner  of the New York city department of transporta-
    24  tion, the chancellor of the New York city department of  education,  the
    25  executive director of the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the
    26  chairman  of  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority, the district
    27  attorney of the county of New York, and the assistant  director  of  the
    28  federal bureau of investigation New York field office.
    29    4.  The  city  of  New  York and any state agency, authority or office
    30  shall provide any assistance necessary to assist in  the  completion  of
    31  the board's work and promptly respond to any requests for information or
    32  consultation consistent with the purposes of this section.
    33    5. Members of the board shall serve without compensation.
    34    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.