Increases the total dollar amount of outstanding parking tickets required to trigger vehicle removal and impoundment in New York city to $550 and deems the owner a scofflaw.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6025
SPONSOR: Chandler-Waterman TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to increasing total dollar amount of outstanding parking
violations and deeming the owner a scofflaw
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
increasing total dollar amount of outstanding parking violations and
deeming the owner a scofflaw
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC:
Section 1. Section 19-212 of the administrative code of the city of New
York, as amended by local law number 65 of the city of New York for the
year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
§ 19-212 Limitation on removal of motor vehicles for purposes of satis-
fying parking violation judgments. a. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a motor vehicle shall not be removed from any street
or other public area solely for the purpose of satisfying an outstanding
judgment or judgments for parking violations against the owner unless
such owner is a scofflaw. b. For purposes of this section, a scofflaw
is defined as an owner of a motor vehicle with more than three outstand-
ing judgments for parking violations or the total amount of such judg-
ment or judgments, including interest, is greater than
three five
hundred fifty dollars. c. The provisions of this section shall not be
construed to prohibit the removal of a motor vehicle which is illegally
parked, stopped or standing.
JUSTIFICATION:
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6025
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 30, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to increasing total dollar amount of outstanding parking
violations and deeming the owner a scofflaw
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19-212 of the administrative code of the city of
2 New York, as amended by local law number 65 of the city of New York for
3 the year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 19-212 Limitation on removal of motor vehicles for purposes of
5 satisfying parking violation judgments. a. Notwithstanding any other
6 provision of law, a motor vehicle shall not be removed from any street
7 or other public area solely for the purpose of satisfying an outstanding
8 judgment or judgments for parking violations against the owner unless
9 such owner is a scofflaw.
10 b. For purposes of this section, a scofflaw is defined as an owner of
11 a motor vehicle with more than three outstanding judgments for parking
12 violations or the total amount of such judgment or judgments, including
13 interest, is greater than [three] five hundred fifty dollars.
14 c. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit
15 the removal of a motor vehicle which is illegally parked, stopped or
16 standing.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08118-01-3
