Assembly Bill A6353

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways

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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-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4485
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1, Chap 399 of 2008
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7372, S4577
2017-2018: A6184, S2626
2019-2020: A5806, S3329

2015-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways.

2015-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6353

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend chapter 399 of the  laws  of  2008  relating  to  giving
  certain  Westchester county town boards the discretion to change speed
  limits, in relation to giving the town board of the town of Riverhead,
  county of Suffolk, the discretion to change speed limits

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

  Section  1.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of section 1 of
chapter 399 of the laws of 2008 relating to giving  certain  Westchester
county  town boards the discretion to change speed limits, is amended to
read as follows:
  Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixteen  hundred  twenty-two
of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in lieu of making a request of the
department of transportation pursuant to such section, the  town  boards
of  the towns of Bedford, Lewisboro, North Castle and Pound Ridge in the
county of Westchester, AND THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN  OF  RIVERHEAD  IN
THE  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK,  with respect to town highways which have been
functionally classified by the department  of  transportation  as  local
roads on official functional classification maps approved by the federal
highway  administration pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code
of federal regulations, as amended from time  to  time,  and  which  are
outside of cities and villages, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule
or regulation:
  S  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 1 of chapter 399 of the laws of 2008
relating to giving certain Westchester county town boards the discretion
to change speed limits, is amended to read as follows:
  4. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to alter the authori-
ty of the department of transportation to establish maximum speed limits
at the request of the town boards of the towns  of  Bedford,  Lewisboro,
North  Castle and Pound Ridge in the county of Westchester, AND THE TOWN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09924-01-5

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