STATE OF NEW YORK
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2626
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
the parking of a vehicle greater than sixty inches in height within
fifteen feet of an intersection
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1202 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
3 4. a. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for
4 the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
5 merchandise or passengers, within fifteen feet of the nearest inter-
6 section where the vehicle parked is greater than sixty inches in height.
7 b. Any vehicle parked in violation of this paragraph shall be subject
8 to penalties set by the local governing body with the power to enact
9 such sanctions.
10 c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
11 municipality of this state, acting through its local legislative body,
12 is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, rules
13 and ordinances, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, in
14 order to impose a penalty for violating this paragraph, which may
15 include, but not be limited to, the cost of towing the vehicle.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07200-01-9
