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                                  982--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GAUGHRAN, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the develop-
   ment of a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers  on  New
   York interstate highways
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new  section  67  to
 read as follows:
   §  67.  WRONG  WAY DRIVER PROGRAM. 1. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY
 COMMITTEE, DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE,  LOCAL  POLICE  AGENCIES,  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS,  AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMIS-
 SION, AGENCY OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL  SUBDIVI-
 SION  THEREOF DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER, DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO
 ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS ON NEW  YORK  INTERSTATE  HIGH-
 WAYS.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL:
   A.  INVESTIGATE  POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS
 ON NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS;
   B. ASSESS WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM;
   C. SET FORTH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM;
   D. CONSIDER POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SUCH HIGHWAY SAFE-
 TY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; AND
   E. IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF WRONG  WAY  DRIVERS  ON
 NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

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

                                                            LBD03910-02-1

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   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY ON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
 AND FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE  CHAIRS  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY
 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE A COPY OF SUCH
 REPORTS  AVAILABLE  ON ITS PUBLIC-FACING WEBSITE ON JANUARY TWENTY-FIFTH
 OF THE YEAR AFTER THE PROGRAM TAKES EFFECT AND JANUARY  TWENTY-FIFTH  OF
 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.