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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7849
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 27, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LAVINE, BENEDETTO, CUSICK, KAVANAGH, LATIMER,
          PAULIN, TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ALFANO,  AMEDORE,
          BACALLES,  BALL,  BARCLAY,  BARRA,  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,  BOYLE, CLARK,
          COLTON, CORWIN, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HAWLEY,
          JORDAN, KOLB, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, J. MILLER,  MOLI-

          NARO,   OAKS,   PEOPLES-STOKES,   PHEFFER,   RABBITT,  RAIA,  REILICH,
          J. RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SCOZZAFAVA,  TEDISCO,  THIELE,  TOBACCO,  TOWNS,
          TOWNSEND,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
          Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
          that access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces have to be
          at least eight feet wide
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  1203-c  of  the
     2  vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1993,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) Whenever a person, firm or corporation creates an off-street park-
     5  ing lot or parking garage, or repaves or repaints more than one-half  of

     6  the total number of parking spaces in an off-street parking lot or park-
     7  ing  garage  which  contains  designated  handicapped parking spaces, or
     8  creates designated handicapped parking spaces in an  off-street  parking
     9  lot  or parking garage, or repaves or repaints more than one-half of the
    10  total number of designated handicapped parking spaces in  an  off-street
    11  parking lot or parking garage, [specifications as to] the size of desig-
    12  nated  handicapped  parking  spaces  and  designated handicapped parking
    13  space access aisles each shall be [in accordance with  the  requirements
    14  of  the  New  York  state uniform fire prevention and building code.] at
    15  least eight feet wide.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall

    17  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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