NY Veh & Traf L § 1203-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 7 - Rules of the Road Article 32 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking 1203-F - Handicapped Parking Enforcement.

§  1203-f.  Handicapped parking enforcement.  1.  A county, city, town or village may, by adoption of a local law  or  ordinance,  establish  a handicapped  parking  violation  unit  to  assist  in the enforcement of handicapped parking laws or ordinances.  Persons appointed to such  unit shall  be  volunteers,  shall  serve  without compensation, and shall be authorized to provide evidence of violations of handicapped parking laws or ordinances to  the  appropriate  local  enforcement  authority.  Such evidence  may  include  photographing  a  violation,  provided that such photograph is taken and handled in compliance with the  requirements  of this section.   2.  A local law or ordinance enacted in accordance with the provisions of this section shall:  (a)  establish  a training program of no less than two hours in length and require each volunteer to participate in and complete such  training program;  (b)  provide  for  the  assignment of an identification number to each volunteer, and provide official identification and equipment  to  assist volunteer personnel in the conduct of their duties;  (c)   establish   uniform  procedures  for  volunteers  to  follow  in determining whether a violation has occurred;  (d) establish procedures for  the  uniform  reporting  of  violations, which reporting shall include the identification number of the volunteer making the report;  (e)  if  such  local  law  or  ordinance  provides  for  the taking of photographs of violations, (i) grant only  the  enforcement  agency  the authority  to  process  or  to  contract  for the processing of all film submitted by volunteers;  (ii)  require  any  photographs  evidencing  a violation to be available for inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the  liability  for  such  violation;  (iii) provide that a certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a technician employed by the locality  in  which the  charged  violation  occurred,  or  a  facsimile thereof, based upon inspection of photographs produced from film  submitted  by  volunteers, shall  be  prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein; and (iv) prohibit the use of such a photograph for  any  purpose  other  than  as evidence of a handicapped parking violation; and  (f) provide the following with respect to notices of violation:  (i) a notice  of  violation  shall  be sent by first class mail to each person alleged to be liable as an  owner  for  a  violation  of  a  handicapped parking  law  or  ordinance.    A  manual or automatic record of mailing prepared in the  ordinary  course  of  business  shall  be  prima  facie evidence  of  the  facts  contained  therein; (ii) a notice of violation shall reference the law which was allegedly violated, and shall  contain the  name and address of the person alleged to be liable as an owner for a violation of a handicapped parking law or ordinance, the  registration number  of  the  vehicle  involved in such violation, the location where such violation took place, the date and time of such violation, and  the identification number of the volunteer who recorded the violation; (iii) a  notice  of  violation  shall  contain information advising the person charged of the manner and the time in which he or she  may  contest  the violation  alleged  in  the  notice, and shall also contain a warning to advise the persons charged that failure to contest  in  the  manner  and time  provided  shall  be  deemed  an  admission of liability and that a default judgment may be entered thereon.