Assembly Bill A8624

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding

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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-A8624 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8394
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §331, Hway L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3180, S100

2021-A8624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding.

2021-A8624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8624
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the  consider-
   ation  of  complete  street design for certain transportation projects
   which receive federal or state funding
 
   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 OR
 BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE funding and are subject to department  of  trans-
 portation  oversight,  the  department  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 transportation users through the use of complete
 street design features in the  planning,  design,  construction,  recon-
 struction  and  rehabilitation,  but  not including resurfacing, mainte-
 nance, or pavement recycling of such projects.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13347-01-1

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