Bill Text: NY S02809 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to violations and a mandatory surcharge for parking in a bicycle lane.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S02809 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02809-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2809
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
         vehicle  and  traffic  law, in relation to violations for parking in a
         bicycle lane
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative code
    2  of the city of New York, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 93
    3  of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    4    b. To provide  for  penalties  other  than  imprisonment  for  parking
    5  violations,  provided  however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed
    6  fifty dollars for each parking violation, provided that monetary  penal-
    7  ties  shall  not  exceed  one hundred dollars for each parking violation
    8  committed in a space  where  stopping  or  standing  is  prohibited  and
    9  provided,  further, that monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred
   10  fifty dollars for each handicapped parking violation  OR  VIOLATION  FOR
   11  PARKING IN A BICYCLE LANE;
   12    S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
   13  1809-f to read as follows:
   14    S 1809-F. MANDATORY SURCHARGE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS RELATING
   15  TO PARKING IN A BICYCLE LANE. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF
   16  LAW,  WHENEVER  PROCEEDINGS  IN  AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL OR A COURT
   17  RESULT IN A FINDING OF LIABILITY, OR CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION  OF  ANY
   18  STATUTE,  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE OR RULE INVOLVING THE PARKING, STOPPING
   19  OR STANDING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN A BICYCLE LANE, THERE SHALL BE  LEVIED,
   20  IN  ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR OTHER SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY
   21  LAW, AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE OF THIRTY DOLLARS.
   22    2. THE MANDATORY SURCHARGE PROVIDED FOR IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   23  SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
   24  NAL  THAT MADE THE DETERMINATION OF LIABILITY. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01909-01-3
       S. 2809                             2
    1  OF THE MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING  THE  COLLECTION  OF  SUCH  SURCHARGE,  THE
    2  COLLECTING  AUTHORITY SHALL PAY SUCH SURCHARGE TO THE CHIEF FISCAL OFFI-
    3  CER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH VIOLATION OCCURRED OR IF  THE  VIOLATION
    4  OCCURRED  IN  NEW YORK CITY, TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO BE USED BY SUCH
    5  CITY FOR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S BICYCLE SAFETY
    6  OUTREACH PROGRAM.
    7    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.