S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10747
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 16, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to require the department of transportation to determine which
entrances to parkways in the state are most frequently accessed by
oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to
prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. The New York state department of transportation is here-
by authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enact-
ment of this act, to study and determine which entrances to parkways in
the state are most frequently accessed by commercial motor vehicles and,
within one year of making such determination, to install physical barri-
ers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial motor vehicles from
accessing such parkway entrances.
2. The commissioner of transportation may request, and is authorized
to receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or
other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
and data as will enable the department of transportation to properly
conduct its study and make its determination. Such information and data
received by the department of transportation shall be subject to the
same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
are applicable to the use of such information and data by the depart-
ment, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state
or state public authority which provided such information and data.
3. For the purposes of this act "commercial motor vehicle" shall have
the same meaning as such term is defined in subdivision 4 of section
501-a of the vehicle and traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also
of a height that exceeds the clearance of bridges located on such
special parkways.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15609-02-8
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