Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
Jan 20, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A2685
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
STECK
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
2017-A2685 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A2685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2685 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to crosswalks near athletic fields and playgrounds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Erin's law". § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 137 to read as follows: § 137. CROSSWALKS NEAR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS. 1. NOTWITH- STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE CROSSWALK, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TEN OF THE VEHI- CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, LOCATED ACROSS EACH ROAD THAT ABUTS AN ATHLETIC FIELD OR PLAYGROUND. 2. THERE SHALL BE LOCATED AT EACH CROSSWALK REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION ONE OR MORE PEDESTRIAN SIGNS (R9-8) OR YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN SIGNS (R1-5A), COMPLIANT WITH THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, VISIBLE TO EACH DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC ALERTING DRIVERS TO YIELD TO PEDES- TRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK. 3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESTRICTED HIGHWAYS. 4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE INSTALLATION OF A CROSSWALK WOULD LEAD TO AN AREA THAT IS UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. § 3. This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07674-01-7
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