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NY A08193
Bill
Status
10/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Sandra Galef
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AI Summary
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Requires the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to remove the word "handicapped" from all signs and communication materials, effective for new signs implemented on or after the effective date.
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Mandates replacement of the standard wheelchair symbol with a new dynamic accessibility logo depicting a character leaning forward with a sense of movement on all new accessibility signage.
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Directs the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to apply the same dynamic character logo requirement to new signage on omnibuses equipped with wheelchair lifts that transport children with disabilities.
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Takes effect 120 days after the bill becomes law, with authority for agencies to adopt necessary rules and regulations immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to remove the word handicapped from any signs or means of communication where such word appears; further requires that anywhere where it is required that the current universal symbol of access of figure in a wheelchair appear that such signage instead depict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement; applies only to new signs.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/8/2014