Assembly Bill A5815

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits

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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-A5815 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1662-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2685
2011-2012: A2606
2013-2014: A3464
2017-2018: A5562
2019-2020: A5562
2021-2022: A5676
2023-2024: A5407

2015-A5815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits.

2015-A5815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5815

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating
  speed limits in cities, towns, or villages

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

  Section  1.  The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a of the
vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a  new  subdivi-
sion 2 is added to read as follows:
  2.  EACH  CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY BY LOCAL
LAW ESTABLISH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT WHICH VEHICLES MAY PROCEED  ON  OR
ALONG  SUCH  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  HIGHWAYS  IN SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR
VILLAGE OTHER THAN STATE OR COUNTY HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE  STATE  OR
COUNTY  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION,  LOWER THAN FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER
HOUR STATUTORY MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT. NO SUCH SPEED LIMIT APPLICABLE ON OR
ALONG SUCH DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS WITHIN SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE  SHALL
BE  ESTABLISHED  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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08942-02-5


              

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