Senate Bill S7948

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town board of the city of Rochester, county of Monroe to regulate speed limits in such city

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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-S7948 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Monroe County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S408
2019-2020: S423

2015-S7948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town board of the city of Rochester, county of Monroe to regulate speed limits in such city.

2015-S7948 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7948

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT in relation to authorizing the  Rochester  city  traffic  control
  board  of  the  city  of Rochester, county of Monroe to regulate speed
  limits in such city

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
Rochester city traffic control board of the city of Rochester, county of
Monroe, may by local law establish maximum speed limits at  which  vehi-
cles  may proceed on or along such city highways in such city outside of
incorporated villages of not more than the  fifty-five  miles  per  hour
statutory  maximum  speed  limit.  No  such speed limit applicable on or
along such designated highways within such city 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.
                                                           LBD15204-01-6

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