Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 13, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A1843
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MCLAUGHLIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
David McDonough
Melissa Miller
Raymond Walter
Felix Ortiz
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Andrew R. Garbarino
Stephen Hawley
Philip Palmesano
2017-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1843 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to giving local town boards the discretion to change speed limits for safety THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows: (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO REQUESTS FOR SPEED LIMIT CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED WITH RESPECT TO STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH TOWN OR TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES, WHERE A REASONABLE NEXUS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUCH REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT EXISTS. § 2. Section 1621 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows: (E) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO REQUESTS FOR SIGNAGE AND SIGNAL CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED WITH RESPECT TO STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH TOWN OR TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES, WHERE A REASONABLE NEXUS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUCH REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN SIGNAGE AND SIGNALS EXISTS. § 3. Section 1622 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, IF ANY REASONABLE NEXUS EXISTS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REQUEST BY A COUN- TY SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS OF A COUNTY OR A TOWN BOARD, FOR A CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS' OR TOWN BOARD'S REQUEST IN SETTING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND TOWN HIGHWAYS IN SUCH TOWN OR TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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