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NY A09934
Bill
Status
7/25/2014
Primary Sponsor
Sandra Galef
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AI Summary
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Secretary of State must promulgate rules and regulations to remove the word "handicapped" from all state signs and communications.
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Secretary of State must promulgate rules requiring replacement of the current wheelchair symbol with a new dynamic accessibility logo depicting a figure leaning forward with a sense of movement on new signs only.
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New accessibility logo must be readily identifiable, simply designed, provide no secondary meaning, and offer equivalent facilitation and accessibility as the current wheelchair symbol.
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Commissioner of Motor Vehicles must require any new accessibility signage on omnibuses with wheelchair lifts installed or replaced after the effective date to use the Secretary of State's new logo.
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Act takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with immediate authority to promulgate necessary rules and regulations for implementation.
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
signed chap.190
7/25/2014