STATE OF NEW YORK
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978
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 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 355 of the laws of 2017, 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 in
9 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, and a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
10 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, and
11 instruction in the laws relating to parking spaces for the handicapped
12 as described in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, the commissioner
13 shall cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehi-
14 cle of a type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be appropriate
15 to the type of license for which application is made, except that the
16 commissioner may waive the road test requirements for certain classes of
17 applicants. The commissioner shall have the power to establish a program
18 to allow persons other than employees of the department to conduct road
19 tests in representative vehicles when such tests are required for appli-
20 cants to obtain a class A, B or C license. If he or she chooses to do
21 so, he or she shall set forth her reasons in writing and conduct a
22 public hearing on the matter. [She] He or she shall only establish such
23 a program after holding the public hearing.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) The commissioner shall provide in the pre-licensing course, set
2 forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision a mandatory component in
3 education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
5 it shall have become a law.