Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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978--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
spaces for handicapped persons
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 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2017, is
3 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
4 (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
5 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
6 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
7 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
8 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
9 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, and a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
10 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, and
11 instruction in the laws relating to parking spaces for the handicapped
12 as described in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, the commissioner
13 shall cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehi-
14 cle of a type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be appropriate
15 to the type of license for which application is made, except that the
16 commissioner may waive the road test requirements for certain classes of
17 applicants. The commissioner shall have the power to establish a program
18 to allow persons other than employees of the department to conduct road
19 tests in representative vehicles when such tests are required for appli-
20 cants to obtain a class A, B or C license. If he or she chooses to do
21 so, he or she shall set forth her reasons in writing and conduct a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 public hearing on the matter. [She] He or she shall only establish such
2 a program after holding the public hearing.
3 (i) The commissioner shall provide in the pre-licensing course, set
4 forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision a mandatory component in
5 education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.
6 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and
7 traffic law, as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2019, is amended
8 to read as follows:
9 (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
10 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
11 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
12 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
13 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
14 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
15 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, and a
16 "School Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4)
17 of this subdivision, and instruction in the laws relating to parking
18 spaces for the handicapped as described in paragraph (i) of this subdi-
19 vision, the commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a road test
20 in a representative vehicle of a type prescribed by the commissioner
21 which shall be appropriate to the type of license for which application
22 is made, except that the commissioner may waive the road test require-
23 ments for certain classes of applicants. The commissioner shall have the
24 power to establish a program to allow persons other than employees of
25 the department to conduct road tests in representative vehicles when
26 such tests are required for applicants to obtain a class A, B or C
27 license. If he or she chooses to do so, he or she shall set forth her
28 reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on the matter. [She] He
29 or she shall only establish such a program after holding the public
30 hearing.
31 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
32 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 513 of
33 the laws of 2019 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then
34 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
35 same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2019 takes effect.
