Assembly Bill A6772

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles

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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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2017-A6772 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1801
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §331, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8433, S6340
2015-2016: A451, S764
2019-2020: A6029, S1549
2021-2022: S5130
2023-2024: S2714, S9718

2017-A6772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.

2017-A6772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6772
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access  to
   public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
   ples
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
 by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) For all state, county and local transportation projects  that  are
 undertaken  by  the department or receive both federal and state funding
 and are subject to department of transportation oversight,  the  depart-
 ment  or  agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall consider the
 convenient access and mobility on the road network by all users  of  all
 ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
 tation  users  through the use of complete street design features in the
 planning, design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation,  [but
 not  including  resurfacing,  maintenance, or pavement recycling of such
 projects] RESURFACING, MAINTENANCE AND PAVEMENT RECYCLING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00828-01-7

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