Assembly Bill A5638

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §72-s, Gen Muni L; amd §14, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10872
2019-2020: A2514
2021-2022: A3196

2023-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality; empowers the state commissioner of transportation to develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing municipalities to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located within the municipality.

2023-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5638
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, NORRIS, McDONOUGH, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH,
   HAWLEY,  MILLER,  DeSTEFANO,  MORINELLO,  MANKTELOW  --  read once and
   referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the  posting  by  each  municipality of turtle crossing signs on local
   roads located within such municipality; and to amend  the  transporta-
   tion  law,  in relation to empowering the state commissioner of trans-
   portation to develop and implement rules and  regulations  authorizing
   each municipality to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located
   within such municipality
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 72-s to read as follows:
   §  72-S.  WILDLIFE  CAUTION  SIGNS. EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ACTING
 THROUGH ITS GOVERNING BOARD, MAY, BY RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW,  AUTHORIZE
 THE POSTING BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY OF TURTLE CROSSING SIGNS ON LOCAL ROADS
 SITUATED WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY IN CONFORMITY WITH REGULATIONS PROMUL-
 GATED  BY  THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTY-SEVEN OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   § 2. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 37 to read as follows:
   37.  TO  DEVELOP  AND IMPLEMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING EACH
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL  MUNICI-
 PAL  LAW,  TO  POST TURTLE CROSSING SIGNS ON LOCAL ROADS SITUATED WITHIN
 SUCH MUNICIPALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  SEVENTY-
 TWO-S  OF  THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL ASSURE THAT
 THE SIGNS SHALL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 BY  THE  FEDERAL  HIGHWAY  ADMINISTRATION  REGARDING  WARNING OR CAUTION
 SIGNS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07455-01-3

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