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                                   7932
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH, RAIA, ABINANTI -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring  the  develop-
   ment  of  a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New
   York interstate highways

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  highway law is amended by adding a new section 67 to
 read as follows:
   § 67. WRONG WAY DRIVER PROGRAM. 1. WITHIN ONE YEAR  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF  THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES,  DEVELOP  A  PROGRAM  TO
 ADDRESS  THE  PROBLEM  OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS ON NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGH-
 WAYS.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL:
   A. INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM OF WRONG  WAY  DRIVERS
 ON NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS;
   B. ASSESS WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM;
   C. SET FORTH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM; AND
   D.  IMPLEMENT  MEASURES  TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS ON
 NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.
   § 2. 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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