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A05062 Summary:

BILL NOA05062
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBarclay (MS)
 
COSPNSRBlankenbush, Hawley, Norris, Manktelow, Morinello, Reilly, Byrnes, Lemondes, DeStefano, Giglio JM, Brabenec
 
MLTSPNSRBrown K, Palmesano
 
Amd §404-a, V & T L
 
Relates to the quantity of disabled person plates issued to a disabled person.
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A05062 Actions:

BILL NOA05062
 
03/02/2023referred to transportation
01/03/2024referred to transportation
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A05062 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5062
 
SPONSOR: Barclay (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the quantity of disabled person plates issued to a person with disabilities   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue one set of person with disabilities plates for each vehicle owned by a person with disabilities.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 and 2 of the bill amends subdivision 1 of section 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to prescribe two number plates per vehicle owned by persons with disabili- ties. Section 3 of the bill would make it effective on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.   JUSTIFICATION: As written, the Vehicle and Traffic Law only allows a registrant with a disability to receive one set of person with disabilities license plates from the Department of Motor Vehicles unless that individual also has another person with disabilities in his or her household. This can be an inconvenience if the person with disabilities owns more than one vehicle. The only other option available is to obtain a hanging handicapped park- ing permit from their local municipality. Although these permits are transferable and can be used in a vehicle the disabled person is driv- ing, or riding in, it is more logical that the Department of Motor Vehi- cles be required to issue a set of person with disabilities license plates for each vehicle owned by that person.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A6460 of 2021-22 Referred to Transportation A6177 of 2019-20 Held for consideration in Transportation A3220 of 2017-18 Held for consideration in Transportation A4482 of 2015-16 Held for consideration in Transportation A4451 of 2013-14 Held for consideration in Transportation A6295 of 2011-12 Held for consideration in Transportation   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Minimal   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become law. The addition, amendment and or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before the effec- tive date.
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A05062 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5062
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, NORRIS, MANKTELOW,
          MORINELLO, REILLY, BYRNES, LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, J. M. GIGLIO, BRABENEC
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. K. BROWN, PALMESANO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the quantity
          of disabled person plates issued to a person with disabilities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 596 of the laws of 1982, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    1.  Legislative  intent. It is the sense of the legislature to facili-
     5  tate the usual and special uses of the highways and other motor  vehicle
     6  facilities  accorded  to [severely disabled] residents with severe disa-
     7  bilities of this state. The commissioner is hereby empowered to issue to
     8  such persons, upon their application, special  motor  vehicle  registra-
     9  tions,  [one set of] vehicle identification plates for each motor [vehi-
    10  cles] vehicle owned by such persons to be used for the transportation of
    11  such [severely disabled] person [and one set of  vehicle  identification
    12  plates  for  each  motor  vehicle  owned  by  such persons and used by a
    13  severely  disabled  member  of   the   owner's   family]   with   severe
    14  disabilities.
    15    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    16  amended  by  chapter  191  of  the  laws  of 1991, is amended to read as
    17  follows:
    18    2. Registration of vehicles owned by [severely disabled] persons  with
    19  severe  disabilities. The commissioner shall assign to [such] each motor
    20  [vehicles] vehicle, including any van or pick-up truck used  for  trans-
    21  porting  persons  with  disabilities  which  is  not used for commercial
    22  purposes, owned and used by such persons, a distinctive number and issue
    23  and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  certification of registration, in such form as  the  commissioner  shall
     2  prescribe  and  two  number  plates  per  vehicle owned by such persons,
     3  called [disabled]  person  with  disabilities  plates.  Said  [disabled]
     4  person  with  disabilities  plates  shall conform to the requirements of
     5  section four hundred one of this chapter,  but  shall  bear  distinctive
     6  marks  to  distinguish  them  from  number  plates to be issued to other
     7  persons, qualifying  under  this  chapter.  [The  commissioner,  in  his
     8  discretion,  may  issue,  for any registration year, only one plate as a
     9  set for a motor vehicle, in which event a set of disabled person  plates
    10  for  a  motor vehicle shall consist of one plate. Where a severely disa-
    11  bled person owns more than one vehicle and such vehicle or  vehicles  is
    12  or  are  used  by  severely  disabled  members of the owner's family who
    13  reside with the owner, the commissioner shall issue one  set  of  plates
    14  for  each  additional  vehicle  used  by  such severely disabled person,
    15  provided that such user qualifies as a severely disabled person  in  the
    16  manner required by this section.]
    17    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    18  have become a law provided, however,  that  effective  immediately,  the
    19  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary
    20  for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
    21  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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