STATE OF NEW YORK
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3191
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to decreasing
the prohibited distance of parking near a fire hydrant
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 1202 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 2006, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 1. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within [fifteen] ten
5 feet of a fire hydrant except when such vehicle is attended by a
6 licensed operator or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who
7 can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless a differ-
8 ent distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking meters.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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