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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 13, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S1649
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2015-S1649 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1649 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1649 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to roadway lane markings PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To amend the vehicle and traffic law by clarifying which roadway official traffic control devices prohibit the changing of travel lanes in the same direction. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision d of section 1128 of chapter 206 of vehicle and traffic law by changing the language "markings are in place indicating those portions of any roadway where crossing such markings would be especially hazardous, no driver of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time drive across such markings" to read, "traffic control devices are in place indicating those portions of any roadway where the changing of lanes is prohibited, drivers of vehicles shall obey the direction of every such device." Additionally it adds the wording "For the purpose of this subdivision, official traffic control devices are designated by a double solid white line pavement marking or a sign.
2015-S1649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1649 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to roadway lane markings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1128 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: (d) When official markings are in place indicating those portions of any roadway where crossing such markings would be especially hazardous, no driver of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time drive across such markings. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "OFFICIAL MARKINGS" SHALL MEAN LANE LINE MARKINGS CONSISTING OF A SOLID DOUBLE WHITE LINE USED TO INDICATE WHERE SPECIFIC LANE CHANGING IS LEGALLY PROHIBITED FOR A PARTICULAR SECTION OF ROADWAY BY OFFICIAL ORDER, ORDI- NANCE, RULE OR REGULATION, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06757-01-5
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