Int. No. 538
Introduced by Council Member Dear; also Council Member Eisland, Harrison, Lasher, Leffler, Rivera and Robinson-read and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York in relation to the issuance of special vehicle identification parking permits for the disabled.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 15 of subdivision (a) of section 2903 of the charter of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(15) issue special vehicle identification permits;
(a) The commissioner shall issue a special vehicle identification parking permit to a New York city resident who requires the use of a private automobile for transportation and to a nonresident similarly certified who requires the use of a private automobile for transportation to a school in which such applicant is enrolled or to a place of employment, when such person has been certified by the department of health or a provider designated by the department of the department of health, who shall make such certification in accordance with standards and guidelines prescribed by the department or the department of health, as having a permanent disability seriously impairing mobility or being legally blind. A permit shall be issued to such person upon his or her application. A permit shall also be issued to such person upon application made on such person's behalf by a parent, spouse, guardian or other individual having legal responsibility for the administration of such person's day to day affairs. Any vehicle displaying such permit shall be used exclusively in connection with parking a vehicle in which the person to whom it has been issued is being transported or will be transported within a reasonable period of time. Such permit shall not be transferable and shall be revoked if used on behalf of any other person. Any abuse by any person to whom such permit has been issued of any privilege, benefit or consideration granted pursuant to such permit, shall be sufficient cause for revocation of said paid.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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Note: Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] to be omitted.