NY State Senate Bill 2011-S6120

Senate Bill S6120

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Actions

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 02, 2012	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
Jan 30, 2012	advanced to third reading
Jan 24, 2012	2nd report cal.
Jan 23, 2012	1st report cal.93
Jan 04, 2012	referred to local government

Votes

- May 2, 2012 - Floor Vote
  S6120
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  6
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 2, 2012
      
      aye (55)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (6)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Maziarz
      
      Parker
      
      Valesky
  Jan 23, 2012 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S6120
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2012
      
      aye (8)
      
      Ball
      
      Klein
      
      Little
      
      Martins
      
      McDonald
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Stewart-Cousins

2011-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9094
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Niagara Falls, City of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4673, A6611
2015-2016: S3115, A3640
2017-2018: S402, A5548
2019-2020: S202, A4657
2021-2022: A4530

2011-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls to 25 miles per hour.

2011-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6120

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
relating to
authorizing the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the
speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To authorize the city of Niagara Falls to lower the speed limit in
downtown Niagara Falls by five miles per hour.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one empowers the city of Niagara Falls to lower the speed
limit to not less than twenty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara
Falls.

EXISTING LAW:
Section 1643 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law concerning
speed limits on highways in cities and villages provides that no such
speed limit applicable throughout such city or village or within
designated areas of such city or village shall be established at less
than thirty miles per hour.

JUSTIFICATION:
The USA Niagara Development Corporation and the City of Niagara

Falls have collaborated on a number of projects to attract new
investment in downtown Niagara Falls and make the area more
pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly. One such project is to create a
"wayfinding" system involving a number of new vehicular directional
signs to help "trailblaze" visitors to various points of interest and
services downtown.

This legislation would help make a "wayfinding" system possible for
downtown Niagara Falls because it would allow new roadway signs to
comply with federal regulations. The Federal Highway Administration's
(FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic control Devices (MTCD) permits
"urban wayfinding systems" with a 4-inch cap height for letters on
signs located on "urban streets where the speed limit is no more than
25 MPH". This size of lettering would be ideal for the new
"wayfinding" system in downtown Niagara Falls.

The reduced speed limit would have additional benefits. within the
proposed area speed limit zone, the slower speed limit is anticipated
to better correspond to existing operating speeds there as well as to
facilitate greater pedestrian and bicycle safety.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to New York State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6120

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT relating to authorizing the city  of  Niagara  Falls,  county  of
  Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or  code
to  the  contrary,  the  city of Niagara Falls, Niagara county is hereby
authorized and empowered to lower the speed limit to not less than twen-
ty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara county.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13852-01-2

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