NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2546
SPONSOR: Colton (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking
infractions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To ensure the uniform treatment of defective parking tickets.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends paragraph b of subdivision 2-a of section 238 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law to clarify that a parking ticket on which
required information is omitted, mis-described, or illegible shall be
dismissed, without an application for dismissal by the person charged.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Language relating to application for dismissal is removed.
JUSTIFICATION:
There should be equal treatment of all persons receiving defective park-
ing tickets on which required information is omitted, mis-described or
illegible, whereby all such tickets would be dismissed sua sponte.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2017-18: A.7041/Transportation
2015-16: A.4752/Transportation
2013-14: A.1530/Transportation
2011-12: A.907/Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Unknown.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall apply to notices of violation issued on and after
such date.
