STATE OF NEW YORK
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1271--B
Cal. No. 235
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, ADDABBO, GAUGHRAN, REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
portation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly,
recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
-- repassed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote
reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03506-07-2
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1 in this state who knowingly dumps, shovels or plows snow onto a parking
2 place for handicapped persons rendering such place unusable for parking
3 purposes shall be subject to a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars
4 for the first offense and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars
5 for every offense thereafter. However, a local or municipal government
6 may, by local law or ordinance, establish fines higher than those estab-
7 lished in this subdivision, but in no instance shall the fines exceed
8 two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense or four hundred fifty
9 dollars for the second or subsequent offense.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law, and shall apply to violations committed on and after
12 such date.
