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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  transportation  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to  the development of a scannable code that links to trans-
   lations of work zone and truss type construction signs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 22 of the transportation law, as added by chapter
 223 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 22. Work zone safety and enforcement. 1. The  department  shall,  in
 cooperation with the superintendent of state police, the commissioner of
 motor  vehicles,  the  chairman of the New York state thruway authority,
 local law enforcement agencies and representatives for  contractors  and
 laborers,  develop and implement rules and regulations for the increased
 safety of work zones. Such rules  and  regulations  shall  include,  but
 shall  not  be  limited  to,  a police presence at all major active work
 zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the commissioner,
 the use of radar speed display signs at all major active work  zones  as
 defined  by  rules  and regulations set forth by the commissioner, and a
 system for reviewing work zone safety and  design  for  all  work  zones
 under the jurisdiction of the department.
   2.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL,  IN COOPERATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE AND ANY OTHER STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEEM
 NECESSARY,  DEVELOP A SCANNABLE CODE TO BE DISPLAYED ON WORK ZONE SIGNS,
 AND SIGNS NOTIFYING  OF  TRUSS  TYPE  CONSTRUCTION  IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-TWO-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.   SUCH CODE
 SHALL, WHEN SCANNED WITH A SMARTPHONE, TABLET, OR OTHER SIMILAR  DEVICE,
 OPEN  AN  INTERNET  LINK  ON  SUCH DEVICE THAT (I) DETERMINES THE USER'S
 LOCATION; AND (II) DISPLAYS THE  CONTENTS  OF  SUCH  SIGN  IN  THE  MOST
 COMMONLY  SPOKEN  LANGUAGE  OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND SPANISH WITHIN A TEN-
 MILE RADIUS OF SUCH USER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (B) BEGINNING ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 ALL  WORK  ZONE SIGNS USED IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
 AND/OR A REASONABLE EXPECTATION  OF  PEDESTRIANS  SHALL  BE  PRINTED  IN
 ENGLISH  AND  IN SPANISH, AND SHALL CONTAIN THE SCANNABLE CODE DEVELOPED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "USER" SHALL MEAN THE OPERA-
 TOR OF A SMARTPHONE, TABLET, OR OTHER SIMILAR DEVICE.
   § 2.  Subdivision 1 of section 382-a of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 119 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   1. All commercial and industrial structures that  utilize  truss  type
 construction  shall be marked by a sign or symbol in a manner sufficient
 to warn persons conducting fire control and other  emergency  operations
 of  the existence of truss construction in the structure.  BEGINNING ONE
 YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACT WHICH AMENDED THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND SHALL CONTAIN
 THE  SCANNABLE CODE CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWEN-
 TY-TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.