Assembly Bill A512

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to redefining the term crosswalk to include an unmarked portion of the roadway

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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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2021-A512 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S767
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §110, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10137, S7875

2021-A512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Redefines the term "crosswalk" to include an unmarked portion of the roadway between opposite sides of the street or highway where there is no marked crosswalk.

2021-A512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    512
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  redefining
   the term "crosswalk" to include an unmarked portion of the roadway

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 110 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  WHERE  NO MARKED CROSSWALK EXISTS, A CROSSWALK IS THAT PORTION OF
 THE ROADWAY DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING:
   1. WHERE A SIDEWALK, SHOULDER  OR  A  COMBINATION  THEREOF  EXISTS,  A
 CROSSWALK  IS THE PORTION OF A ROADWAY AT AN INTERSECTION, NOT MORE THAN
 TWENTY FEET IN WIDTH AS MEASURED FROM THE PROLONGATION  OF  THE  LATERAL
 LINE OF A ROADWAY TOWARD THE PROLONGATION OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE,
 THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN:
   A.  THE CONNECTION OF THE LATERAL LINES OF THE SIDEWALKS, SHOULDERS OR
 A COMBINATION THEREOF ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET OR  HIGHWAY  MEAS-
 URED  FROM  THE CURBS, OR IN THE ABSENCE OF CURBS, FROM THE EDGES OF THE
 TRAVELED ROADWAY; OR
   B. THE PROLONGATION OF THE LATERAL LINES OF A  SIDEWALK,  SHOULDER  OR
 BOTH, TO THE SIDEWALK OR SHOULDER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, IF
 THE PROLONGATION WOULD MEET SUCH SIDEWALK OR SHOULDER.
   2.  IF  THERE  IS NEITHER A SIDEWALK OR A SHOULDER, A CROSSWALK IS THE
 PORTION OF THE ROADWAY AT AN INTERSECTION MEASURING NOT  LESS  THAN  SIX
 FEET  IN  WIDTH  THAT  WOULD  BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROLONGATION OF THE
 LATERAL LINES OF THE SIDEWALK, SHOULDER OR BOTH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE  OF
 THE STREET OR HIGHWAY IF THERE WERE A SIDEWALK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03196-01-1

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