STATE OF NEW YORK
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9702--B
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee
on Rules
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
the fines for dumping snow or plowing onto handicapped parking places
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1203-e of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
2 by chapter 65 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1203-e. Dumping or plowing snow onto parking places for handicapped
4 prohibited. [Any] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of
5 this section, any person who knowingly dumps or shovels snow onto a
6 parking place for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for
7 parking purposes shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for
8 the first offense and a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for every
9 offense thereafter. However, a local or municipal government may, by
10 local law or ordinance, establish fines higher than those established in
11 this [section] subdivision, but in no instance shall the fines exceed
12 fifty dollars for the first offense or two hundred dollars for the
13 second or subsequent offense.
14 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
15 any firm, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the conduct
16 of any business, trade or commerce or in the furnishing of any service
17 in this state who knowingly dumps, shovels or plows snow onto a parking
18 place for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for parking
19 purposes shall be subject to a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars
20 for the first offense and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars
21 for every offense thereafter. However, a local or municipal government
22 may, by local law or ordinance, establish fines higher than those estab-
23 lished in this subdivision, but in no instance shall the fines exceed
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense or four hundred fifty
2 dollars for the second or subsequent offense.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law, and shall apply to violations committed on and after
5 such date.
