§ 1203-g. Establishment of the handicapped parking education program.\n1. Every county and the city of New York shall establish a separate\nhandicapped parking education program. Each program shall be organized\nby a coordinator for handicapped parking education and advocacy, who\nshall be designated by the chief executive officer of the county, if\nthere be one, otherwise by the chair of the governing board of the\ncounty, and in the city of New York, a person designated by the mayor\nthereof.\n 2. The handicapped parking education program shall be established for\nthe purposes of providing education, advocacy and increased awareness of\nhandicapped parking laws. The program shall provide funding for\nactivities such as public service announcements, public education and\nawareness camp
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§ 1203-g. Establishment of the handicapped parking education program.\n1. Every county and the city of New York shall establish a separate\nhandicapped parking education program. Each program shall be organized\nby a coordinator for handicapped parking education and advocacy, who\nshall be designated by the chief executive officer of the county, if\nthere be one, otherwise by the chair of the governing board of the\ncounty, and in the city of New York, a person designated by the mayor\nthereof.\n 2. The handicapped parking education program shall be established for\nthe purposes of providing education, advocacy and increased awareness of\nhandicapped parking laws. The program shall provide funding for\nactivities such as public service announcements, public education and\nawareness campaigns, distribution of literature, and any other\nactivities that are consistent with such purposes.\n 3. It shall be the duty of the coordinator to: (a) render annually or\nat the request of the county legislature or other governing body of the\ncounty, a verified account of all moneys received and expended by the\ncoordinator or under the coordinator's direction and an account of other\npertinent matters; and (b) make a biennial report to the commissioner,\nwhich shall be due on the first day of April every second year following\nimplementation of the program and shall include an assessment of the\neffectiveness of the program, recommendations for expanding and\nimproving the program and any problems or other matters related to the\nadministration of the program. Such report shall also be made available\nto the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the\nassembly.\n 4. Every county and the city of New York that establishes a\nhandicapped parking education program shall establish a separate\nhandicapped parking education fund in the custody of the chief fiscal\nofficer of each such county or city, by April first, two thousand, which\nshall consist of moneys granted to such county or city pursuant to\nsection eighteen hundred nine-b of this chapter. No provision of law\nshall be deemed to preclude a county or the city of New York from\nreceiving funds from other sources to be deposited in the handicapped\nparking education fund, provided such funds are used in a manner and for\npurposes consistent with this section. The moneys of such fund shall be\ndisbursed to provide education, advocacy and increased awareness of\nhandicapped parking laws and may be used to execute contracts with\nprivate organizations for such purposes. Such contracts shall be awarded\nupon competitive bids after the issuance of requests for proposal.\n