The proposed legislation would require that parking placards have a barcode which could be used to verify the placards authenticity.
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Int. No. 326
By Council Members Garodnick, Cabrera, Chin, Cohen, Constantinides, Koo, Levin, Levine, Mendez, Richards, Rosenthal, Kallos, Menchaca, Van Bramer, Rodriguez and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring parking placards to have a barcode which would allow traffic enforcement agents to confirm their validity.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 434 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
c. The commissioner shall require that all parking placards issued by the department have a barcode which would allow traffic enforcement agents to confirm their validity.
§2. Subdivision a of section 2903 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
(19) require that all parking placards issued by the department have a barcode which would allow traffic enforcement agents to confirm their validity.
§3. This local law shall take effect one year after its enactment into law; provided, however, that the commissioner of transportation shall take any necessary actions to implement this law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.
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Int. 465/2011
LS 579/2014