Assembly Actions -
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Mar 16, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A10280
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TEDISCO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nancy Calhoun
multi-Sponsors
James Bacalles
Brian Kolb
Joel Miller
2009-A10280 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10280 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that the maximum speed limit on state highways may be established pursuant to an engineering and/or traffic investigation authorized or performed by the department of transportation or the municipality within which the section of state highway subject to such speed limit is located.
2009-A10280 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10280 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits on state highways PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give municipalities the option of setting speed limits on portions of state highways located within the municipality after conducting traffic engineering studies. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Subdivision (a) of section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002 to state that a maximum speed limit may-be established pursuant to an engineering and/or traffic investigation authorized or performed by the department of transportation or the municipality within which the section of state highway subject to such maximum speed limit is located. JUSTIFICATION: Many local governments have faced great difficulties in their attempts to alter the speed limit within their jurisdiction. This bill would allow local governments greater latitude in setting speed limits on the portions of state highways that run through their locali- ty. The provision regarding a traffic study ensures that these changes are not made precipitously. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2008: A.4750; Referred to Transportation 2007: A.4750; Referred to Transportation
2009-A10280 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10280 I N A S S E M B L Y March 16, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, KOLB, J. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits on state highways THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: (a) The department of transportation with respect to state highways maintained by the state outside of cities having a population in excess of one million, and highways on Indian reservations, may by order, rule or regulation establish higher or lower maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such highways than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory maximum speed limit. SUCH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT MAY BE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO AN ENGINEERING AND/OR TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION AUTHORIZED OR PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR THE MUNI- CIPALITY WITHIN WHICH THE SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY SUBJECT TO SUCH MAXI- MUM SPEED LIMIT IS LOCATED. No such maximum speed limit shall be estab- lished at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway. Absence of signs installed pursuant to this section shall be presumptive evidence that the department of transportation has not established a higher maximum speed limit than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory limit. S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1624 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows: (a) On any state highway maintained by the state within any city, village or suburban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town law, the department of transportation may designate any such state EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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