N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1203-g: Establishment of the handicapped parking education program

§ 1203-g. Establishment of the handicapped parking education program.

1. Every county and the city of New York shall establish a separate

handicapped parking education program. Each program shall be organized

by a coordinator for handicapped parking education and advocacy, who

shall be designated by the chief executive officer of the county, if

there be one, otherwise by the chair of the governing board of the

county, and in the city of New York, a person designated by the mayor

thereof.

2. The handicapped parking education program shall be established for

the purposes of providing education, advocacy and increased awareness of

handicapped parking laws. The program shall provide funding for

activities such as public service announcements, public education and

awareness campaigns, distribution of literature, and any other

activities that are consistent with such purposes.

3. It shall be the duty of the coordinator to: (a) render annually or

at the request of the county legislature or other governing body of the

county, a verified account of all moneys received and expended by the

coordinator or under the coordinator's direction and an account of other

pertinent matters; and (b) make a biennial report to the commissioner,

which shall be due on the first day of April every second year following

implementation of the program and shall include an assessment of the

effectiveness of the program, recommendations for expanding and

improving the program and any problems or other matters related to the

administration of the program. Such report shall also be made available

to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the

assembly.

4. Every county and the city of New York that establishes a

handicapped parking education program shall establish a separate

handicapped parking education fund in the custody of the chief fiscal

officer of each such county or city, by April first, two thousand, which

shall consist of moneys granted to such county or city pursuant to

section eighteen hundred nine-b of this chapter. No provision of law

shall be deemed to preclude a county or the city of New York from

receiving funds from other sources to be deposited in the handicapped

parking education fund, provided such funds are used in a manner and for

purposes consistent with this section. The moneys of such fund shall be

disbursed to provide education, advocacy and increased awareness of

handicapped parking laws and may be used to execute contracts with

private organizations for such purposes. Such contracts shall be awarded

upon competitive bids after the issuance of requests for proposal.