STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2487--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing severely disabled individuals to renew parking permits without provid- ing an updated medical certification or additional medical documents 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 of section 1203-a of the 2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1996, 3 is amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows: 4 (i) any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person, 5 as defined in subdivision [three] four of section four hundred four-a of 6 this chapter, upon application of such person or such person's parent or 7 guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall issue permits 8 only to residents of the city, town or village in which such issuing 9 agent is located, except that, an issuing agent, in [his or her] their 10 discretion, may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not 11 a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent is 12 located where such person resides in a city, town, or village in which 13 the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent; and an issuing 14 agent, in [his or her] their discretion, may issue a temporary special 15 vehicle identification parking permit, as authorized by subdivision 16 three of this section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate 17 without the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, who 18 resides in a city, town, or village in which the issuing agent does not 19 issue temporary special vehicle identification parking permits, or who 20 is not a resident of the United States and is temporarily visiting the 21 state; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05031-02-4
A. 2487--A 2 1 1-a. Any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person, 2 as defined in subdivision four of section four hundred four-a of this 3 chapter, shall not be required to provide an updated medical certif- 4 ication or additional medical documents upon application for renewal of 5 a permit issued pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this 6 subdivision, the term "permit" shall not include a temporary special 7 vehicle identification parking permit issued pursuant to this section to 8 a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an 9 assisting device. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.