Assembly Bill A451

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles

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  • 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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2015-A451 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S764
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง331, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8433, S6340
2017-2018: A6772, S1801
2019-2020: A6029, S1549
2021-2022: S5130
2023-2024: S2714, S9718

2015-A451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.

2015-A451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   451

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access  to
  public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
  ples

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) For all state, county and local transportation projects  that  are
undertaken  by  the department or receive both federal and state funding
and are subject to department of transportation oversight,  the  depart-
ment  or  agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall consider the
convenient access and mobility on the road network by all users  of  all
ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
tation  users  through the use of complete street design features in the
planning, design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation,  [but
not  including  resurfacing,  maintenance, or pavement recycling of such
projects] RESURFACING, MAINTENANCE AND PAVEMENT RECYCLING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00613-01-5

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