Senate Bill S3329

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5806 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2019-S3329 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5806
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 399 of 2008
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4577, A7372
2015-2016: S4485, A6353
2017-2018: S2626, A6184

2019-S3329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways.

2019-S3329 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3329
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 399 of the  laws  of  2008  relating  to  giving
   certain  Westchester county town boards the discretion to change speed
   limits, in relation to giving the town board of the town of Riverhead,
   county of Suffolk, the discretion to change speed limits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of section 1 of
 chapter 399 of the laws of 2008 relating to giving  certain  Westchester
 county  town boards the discretion to change speed limits, is amended to
 read as follows:
   Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixteen  hundred  twenty-two
 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in lieu of making a request of the
 department of transportation pursuant to such section, the  town  boards
 of  the towns of Bedford, Lewisboro, North Castle and Pound Ridge in the
 county of Westchester, AND THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN  OF  RIVERHEAD  IN
 THE  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK,  with respect to town highways which have been
 functionally classified by the department  of  transportation  as  local
 roads on official functional classification maps approved by the federal
 highway  administration pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code
 of federal regulations, as amended from time  to  time,  and  which  are
 outside of cities and villages, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule
 or regulation:
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 1 of chapter 399 of the laws of 2008
 relating to giving certain Westchester county town boards the discretion
 to change speed limits, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to alter the authori-
 ty of the department of transportation to establish maximum speed limits
 at the request of the town boards of the towns  of  Bedford,  Lewisboro,
 North  Castle and Pound Ridge in the county of Westchester, AND THE TOWN

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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