New York S 8896: Provides a discount to consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services

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S08896 Summary:

BILL NOS08896 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10266

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1203-a-1, amd §1203-b, V & T L

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Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.

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BILL NOS08896 

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8896

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 granting
 temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant
 persons

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1203-a-1 to read as follows:
 3 § 1203-a-1. Temporary parking permits for pregnant persons. Notwith-
 4 standing any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any municipality
 5 may issue a temporary special vehicle identification parking permit to
 6 any person who is pregnant, as certified by a physician. Such temporary
 7 special vehicle identification parking permit shall be recognized state-
 8 wide and shall terminate at the end of the pregnancy.
 9 § 2. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 10 chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 1203-b. Parking spaces; handicapped. 1. Parking spaces for the hand-
 12 icapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and
 13 one thousand two hundred three-c of this [chapter] article shall also be
 14 extended to a motor vehicle registered in accordance with section four
 15 hundred four-a, or a temporary parking permit issued pursuant to section
 16 one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this chapter. A handicapped
 17 permit issued in accordance with the provisions of section one thousand
 18 two hundred three-a and a temporary parking permit issued pursuant to
 19 section one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this [chapter] article
 20 shall entitle the driver to park in such parking spaces. Parking spaces
 21 for the handicapped shall be those parking spaces accorded to a holder
 22 of a handicapped parking permit provided in accordance with section one
 23 thousand two hundred three-a or as provided in section four hundred
 24 four-a or section one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this chapter,
 25 authorizing municipalities to issue temporary parking permits to preg-
 26 nant persons.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14454-02-6

 S. 8896 2

 1 2. It shall be a violation for any person to stop, stand or park a
 2 vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking unless
 3 the vehicle bears a permit issued under section one thousand two hundred
 4 three-a, section one thousand two hundred three-a-one or a registration
 5 issued under section four hundred four-a of this chapter and such vehi-
 6 cle is being used for the transportation of a severely disabled [or],
 7 handicapped or pregnant person. This subdivision shall not apply to a
 8 violation of section twelve hundred three-c of this [chapter] article.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 10 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 11 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 12 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 13 on or before such effective date.

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