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                                   2079
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, BRONSON, MAMDANI -- 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.