Bill Text: NY S00414 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00414 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00414-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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414--B
Cal. No. 9
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, ONORATO,
SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to
third reading, -- committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
spaces for handicapped persons
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002, is
3 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
4 (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
5 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
6 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
7 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
8 subdivision [and], a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described
9 in paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, AND INSTRUCTION IN THE LAWS
10 RELATING TO PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
11 (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, the commissioner shall cause the applicant to
12 take a road test in a representative vehicle of a type prescribed by the
13 commissioner which shall be appropriate to the type of license for which
14 application is made, except that the commissioner may waive the road
15 test requirements for certain classes of applicants. The commissioner
16 shall have the power to establish a program to allow persons other than
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 employees of the department to conduct road tests in representative
2 vehicles when such tests are required for applicants to obtain a class
3 A, B or C license. If she chooses to do so, she shall set forth her
4 reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on the matter. She shall
5 only establish such a program after holding the public hearing.
6 (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET
7 FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN
8 EDUCATION OF THE LAWS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
10 it shall have become a law.
