Senate Bill S6710

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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2025-S6710 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2388
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1662-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2685
2011-2012: A2606
2013-2014: A3464
2015-2016: A5815
2017-2018: A5562
2019-2020: A5562
2021-2022: A5676
2023-2024: A5407

2025-S6710 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits.

2025-S6710 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6710 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6710
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  regulating
   speed limits in cities, towns, or villages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivi-
 sion 2 is added to read as follows:
   2. EACH CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY  BY  LOCAL
 LAW  ESTABLISH  MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT WHICH VEHICLES MAY PROCEED ON OR
 ALONG SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR  VILLAGE  HIGHWAYS  IN  SUCH  CITY,  TOWN,  OR
 VILLAGE  OTHER  THAN STATE OR COUNTY HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OR
 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LOWER  THAN  FIFTY-FIVE  MILES  PER
 HOUR STATUTORY MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT. NO SUCH SPEED LIMIT APPLICABLE ON OR
 ALONG  SUCH DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS WITHIN SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE SHALL
 BE ESTABLISHED AT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE  MILES  PER  HOUR,  EXCEPT  THAT
 SCHOOL  SPEED  LIMITS  MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES
 PER HOUR, FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY
 FEET, ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A SCHOOL BUILDING,  ENTRANCE  OR  EXIT  OF  A
 SCHOOL ABUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01102-01-5

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