STATE OF NEW YORK
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, MENG, ROBINSON, KELLNER --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to monetary penalties that the
parking violations bureau may impose for illegally idling the engine
of a motor vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) parking violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines
5 and penalties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not
6 exceed fifty dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city
7 with a population of one million or more, violations committed in spaces
8 where stopping or standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties
9 shall not exceed one hundred dollars and violations of a restriction on
10 idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stop-
11 ping for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty
12 dollars, and (ii) handicapped parking violations for which monetary
13 penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; and
14 § 2. Subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative code of the
15 city of New York, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 93 of the
16 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
17 b. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for parking
18 violations, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed
19 (1) fifty dollars for each parking violation, [provided that monetary
20 penalties shall not exceed] (2) one hundred dollars for each parking
21 violation, other than a restriction on idling the engine of a motor
22 vehicle, committed in a space where stopping or standing is prohibited,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (3) one hundred fifty dollars for each violation of a restriction on
2 idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stop-
3 ping, and [provided, further, that monetary penalties shall not exceed]
4 (4) one hundred fifty dollars for each handicapped parking violation;
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
