Bill Text: NY A02461 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that all buses manufactured for sale in this state after July 1, 2015, shall have an exhaust system whereby the point of emission from the exhaust pipe is at the upper right hand corner of the rear of such vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A02461 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02461-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2461
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  exhaust
         pipes on buses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
    3    52.  EXHAUST  PIPES  ON  BUSES.  EVERY  BUS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE
    4  HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE ON AND
    5  AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN,  SHALL  BE  EQUIPPED  WITH  AN
    6  EXHAUST  SYSTEM  WHEREBY THE EXHAUST PIPE EMISSION IS AT THE UPPER RIGHT
    7  HAND CORNER OF THE REAR END OF SUCH VEHICLE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03065-01-1