Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to transportation |
Jun 04, 2021 |
print number 6417a |
Jun 04, 2021 |
amend (t) and recommit to transportation |
Apr 27, 2021 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S6417A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2021-S6417 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Redes Art 13 to be Art 15, ren §§350 - 354 to be §§400 - 405, add Art 13 §§375 - 375-d, amd §§401 & 402, Hway L; add §§1800-a & 1801-a, V & T L
2021-S6417 - Summary
Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and makes conforming changes; creates safety corridors and requires an engineering investigation; requires the commissioner of transportation to annually report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly; creates additional penalties for traffic infractions and misdemeanors committed within a safety corridor
2021-S6417 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6417 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and to making conforming changes PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a highway safety corridor pilot program on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the highway law to re-designate Article 13 to Article 15 and sections 350, 351, 351-a, 353 and 354 are renumbered sections 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 Section 2 adds a new Article 13 and amends Section 375 of Article 13 to
2021-S6417 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6417 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and to making conforming changes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 13 of the highway law is redesignated article 15 and sections 350, 351, 351-a, 352, 353 and 354 are renumbered sections 400, 401, 402, 403, 404 and 405. § 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new article 13 to read as follows: ARTICLE 13 HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS SECTION 375. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. 375-A. DEFINITIONS. 375-B. TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION. 375-C. TRAFFIC SIGNS. § 375. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. 1. THIS ARTICLE IS ENACTED TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN A TARGETED HIGH CRASH LOCATION DESIGNATED AS A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR WHERE MOTORISTS ARE EXPOSED TO INCREASED LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT AND INCREASED PENALTIES FOR MOVING VIOLATIONS RELATING TO UNSAFE DRIVING BEHAVIOR. 2. THE SIGNS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFF- IC-CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS AND APPLY TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WITHIN THIS STATE. § 375-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "SOUTHERN STATE PARK- WAY HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR" OR "CORRIDOR" MEANS THE PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY DETERMINED BY A TRAFFIC STUDY TO BE TARGETED FOR THE APPLICATION OF SIGNS, INCREASED LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT AND INCREASED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10456-01-1
co-Sponsors
(D) 6th Senate District
2021-S6417A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Redes Art 13 to be Art 15, ren §§350 - 354 to be §§400 - 405, add Art 13 §§375 - 375-d, amd §§401 & 402, Hway L; add §§1800-a & 1801-a, V & T L
2021-S6417A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and makes conforming changes; creates safety corridors and requires an engineering investigation; requires the commissioner of transportation to annually report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly; creates additional penalties for traffic infractions and misdemeanors committed within a safety corridor
2021-S6417A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6417A SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and to making conforming changes; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to additional penalties and misdemeanors for traffic infrac- tions committed within a safety corridor PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a highway safety corridor pilot program on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the highway law to re-designate Article 13 to Article 15 and sections 350, 351, 351-a, 353 and 354 are renumbered sections 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405
2021-S6417A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6417--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and to making conforming changes; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to additional penalties and misdemeanors for traffic infractions committed within a safety corridor THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 13 of the highway law is redesignated article 15 and sections 350, 351, 351-a, 352, 353 and 354 are renumbered sections 400, 401, 402, 403, 404 and 405. § 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new article 13 to read as follows: ARTICLE 13 HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS SECTION 375. STATEMENT OF INTENT. 375-A. DEFINITIONS. 375-B. SAFETY CORRIDORS; ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION AND DESIG- NATION REQUIRED. 375-C. TRAFFIC SIGNS. 375-D. REPORT. § 375. STATEMENT OF INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS THAT THE SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PARKWAYS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY. CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY BEGAN IN NINE- TEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE, AFTER BEING DESIGNED BY ROBERT MOSES. PORTIONS OF THE PARKWAY OPENED TO TRAFFIC NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, IN NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN. AS REPORTED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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