Int 0790-2012

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 19-214 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2012 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to parking violations issued for the failure to display a muni-meter receipt, as proposed in introduction number 301-A, is amended to read as follows: §19-214 Failure to display a muni-meter receipt. a. For purposes of this section, the term “muni-meter receipt” shall mean the receipt showing the amount of parking time purchased that is dispensed by an electronic parking meter. b. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, where a notice of violation was issued to an owner or operator of a vehicle for the failure to display a muni-meter receipt, it shall be an affirmative defense to such violation that such owner or operator purchased parking time for the time such notice of violation was issued or up to five minutes thereafter from a muni-meter dispensing timed receipts valid for use at the location such notice of violation was issued. Evidence of the affirmative defense shall be the presentation, in person or by mail, of a valid muni-meter receipt [with an official start time stamp and such start time is no later than] for the time such notice of violation was issued or for up to five minutes [after the time of the issuance of such notice,] thereafter or other suitable evidence as determined by the hearing officer that such [a receipt] parking time was purchased[, shall be an affirmative defense to such a violation]. §2. This local law shall take effect immediately and be deemed to have been in force and effect on and after the effective date of a local law for the year 2012 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to parking violations issued for the failure to display a muni-meter receipt, as proposed in introduction number 301-A. LF LS#TBD 2/13/12