New York Senate Bill S04121 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4121 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 3, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD08462-01-3