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                                         8703

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     June 4, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HYER-SPENCER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation

       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
         temporary  parking permits for women in their third trimester of preg-
         nancy

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
    2  1203-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 as
    3  amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996, and subdivision 3 as amended
    4  by chapter 220 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
    5    (i)  any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
    6  as defined in subdivision three of section four hundred four-a  of  this
    7  chapter,  upon  application  of  such  person or such person's parent or
    8  guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall  issue  permits
    9  only  to  residents  of  the city, town or village in which such issuing
   10  agent is  located,  except  that,  an  issuing  agent,  in  his  or  her
   11  discretion,  may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
   12  a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent  is
   13  located  where  such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
   14  the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent;  and  an  issuing
   15  agent,  in  his or her discretion, may issue a temporary special vehicle
   16  identification parking permit, as authorized  by  subdivision  three  of
   17  this  section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
   18  the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR  WHO  IS
   19  IN  THE  THIRD  TRIMESTER  OF PREGNANCY, who resides in a city, town, or
   20  village in which the issuing agent  does  not  issue  temporary  special
   21  vehicle  identification parking permits, or who is not a resident of the
   22  United States and is temporarily visiting the state; or
   23    3. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,  any
   24  municipality  may issue a temporary special vehicle identification park-

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  ing permit to any person who is temporarily unable to  ambulate  without
    2  the  aid  of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, OR WHO IS
    3  IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF  PREGNANCY.  Such  temporary  special  vehicle
    4  identification  parking  permit  shall  be  valid  for not more than six
    5  months and shall be recognized statewide.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.