Relates to requiring evening court hours for the adjudication of parking violations; requires that hearing examiners be available until 7:00 p.m. at least one evening each week.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3922
SPONSOR: Colton TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
evening court hours for parking violations
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require evening court hours for parking violations.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends subdivision 2 of § 240 of the vehicle and traffic law adding a
new paragraph (h) to provide for evening court hours for parking
violations in a city with a population of one million or more.
JUSTIFICATION:
Fines for parking violations have been increasing. This bill seeks to
allow working people to contest parking tickets without having to take
time off from work.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2013-14: A.1259/Transportation; S1316/Transportation
2011-12: A.993/Trans; S.3608 Trans
2009-10: A.1520-A/Trans; S.5977 Trans
2008- A.2706/Transportation; S.2660/Transportation
2007- A.2706/Transportation; S.2660/Transportation
2006- A.3231/Transportation; S.1710/Transportation
2005 A.6811/Transportation; S.2958/Transportation
2004 A.6811/Transportation; S.2958/Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3922
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, RIVERA, HUNTER -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
evening court hours for parking violations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
3 h. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation, in
4 a city with a population of one million or more, one traffic violation
5 bureau office, at its principal place of business, shall make available
6 hearing examiners to conduct hearings until 7:00 p.m. one evening each
7 week.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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