NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5062
SPONSOR: Barclay (MS)
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the quantity
of disabled person plates issued to a person with disabilities
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue one
set of person with disabilities plates for each vehicle owned by a
person with disabilities.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 and 2 of the bill amends subdivision 1 of section 404-a of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law to require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to
prescribe two number plates per vehicle owned by persons with disabili-
ties.
Section 3 of the bill would make it effective on the sixtieth day after
it shall have become law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
As written, the Vehicle and Traffic Law only allows a registrant with a
disability to receive one set of person with disabilities license plates
from the Department of Motor Vehicles unless that individual also has
another person with disabilities in his or her household. This can be
an inconvenience if the person with disabilities owns more than one
vehicle.
The only other option available is to obtain a hanging handicapped park-
ing permit from their local municipality. Although these permits are
transferable and can be used in a vehicle the disabled person is driv-
ing, or riding in, it is more logical that the Department of Motor Vehi-
cles be required to issue a set of person with disabilities license
plates for each vehicle owned by that person.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A6460 of 2021-22 Referred to Transportation
A6177 of 2019-20 Held for consideration in Transportation
A3220 of 2017-18 Held for consideration in Transportation
A4482 of 2015-16 Held for consideration in Transportation
A4451 of 2013-14 Held for consideration in Transportation
A6295 of 2011-12 Held for consideration in Transportation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Minimal
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become
law. The addition, amendment and or repeal of any rules or regulations
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before the effec-
tive date.