New York S 5768: Authorizes the Seagate police department receive a special parking placard

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5768

Sponsors: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

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S05768 Summary:

BILL NOS05768 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08228

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1203, add §404-ff, V & T L

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Authorizes the Seagate police department receive a special parking placard for the department's motor vehicles when such officers are on official business as peace officers.

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5768

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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
 regulations for the Seagate police department

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 1203 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) Where parking is prohibited by signs, but not where stopping or
 4 standing is prohibited, a peace officer, as designated under section
 5 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, employed by the Seagate police
 6 department and acting within the scope of such peace officer's official
 7 duties, may park a motor vehicle owned by such police department, iden-
 8 tified by a special placard issued by the commissioner pursuant to
 9 section four hundred four-ff of this chapter.
 10 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 11 404-ff to read as follows:
 12 § 404-ff. Distinctive placard for the Seagate police department. 1.
 13 The Seagate police department, upon request, shall be issued a set of
 14 distinctive placards each bearing a unique serial number in such form
 15 and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe. Application for such
 16 placard shall be filed with the commissioner and shall be verified annu-
 17 ally by the applicant.
 18 2. The distinctive placards authorized under subdivision one of this
 19 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
 20 that the applicant is presently a member of the Seagate police depart-
 21 ment and such placards shall be used when the Seagate police department
 22 is on official business as peace officers, as designated under section
 23 2.10 of the criminal procedure law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05123-01-5

 S. 5768 2

 1 3. The distinctive placards issued pursuant to this section shall be
 2 issued upon payment of an initial one time service charge to be
 3 prescribed by the commissioner.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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