S 4869: Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4869 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 parking spaces for handicapped persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 379 of the laws of 2022, is 3 amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows: 4 (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para- 5 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug 6 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a 7 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this 8 subdivision, a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in 9 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness 10 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, a "School 11 Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4) of this 12 subdivision, [and] a "Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" awareness compo- 13 nent as described in paragraph (c-5) of this subdivision, and instruc- 14 tion in the laws relating to parking spaces for the handicapped as 15 described in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, the commissioner shall 16 cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehicle of a 17 type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be appropriate to the 18 type of license for which application is made, except that the commis- 19 sioner may waive the road test requirements for certain classes of 20 applicants. Provided, however, that the term "representative vehicle" 21 shall not include a three-wheeled motor vehicle that has two wheels 22 situated in the front and one wheel in the rear, has a steering mech- 23 anism and seating which does not require the operator to straddle or sit 24 astride, is equipped with safety belts for all occupants and is manufac- 25 tured to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standards for motorcy- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09496-01-5 
 S. 4869 2 1 cles including, but not limited to, 49 C.F.R. part 571. The commissioner 2 shall have the power to establish a program to allow persons other than 3 employees of the department to conduct road tests in representative 4 vehicles when such tests are required for applicants to obtain a class 5 A, B or C license. If [she] the commissioner chooses to do so, [she] the 6 commissioner shall set forth [her] the commissioner's reasons in writing 7 and conduct a public hearing on the matter. [She] The commissioner shall 8 only establish such a program after holding the public hearing. 9 (i) The commissioner shall provide in the pre-licensing course, set 10 forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision a mandatory component in 11 education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 13 it shall have become a law.