Bill Text: NY A03491 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing limited rear overhang for specialized material delivery vehicles.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.252 [A03491 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03491-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3491--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGNARELLI, STEVENSON, COOK, DenDEKKER, FINCH,
         BARCLAY, MAGEE, BRAUNSTEIN, SKOUFIS, ROBERTS, GUNTHER  --  Multi-Spon-
         sored  by  --  M.  of A.   CROUCH, GABRYSZAK, GIGLIO, GOODELL, HOOPER,
         JORDAN, KOLB, McDONALD, OAKS, RAIA, STECK -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
         limited rear overhang for specialized material delivery vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and traffic law is relettered paragraph (h) and a new paragraph (g)
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    (G) THE LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY  VEHICLE,  INCLUSIVE
    5  OF  LOAD AND BUMPERS, SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN FORTY FEET PROVIDED, HOWEV-
    6  ER, THAT THE PORTION OF AN ATTACHED BOOM OR FORKLIFT THAT EXTENDS BEYOND
    7  THE REAR BUMPER BY NOT MORE THAN FIVE FEET SHALL BE  EXCLUDED  FROM  THE
    8  MEASUREMENT  OF  THE  LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
    9  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHI-
   10  CLE" SHALL MEAN A SINGLE UNIT TRUCK HAVING AN ATTACHED BOOM OR  FORKLIFT
   11  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  HOISTING, SWINGING, LOADING OR UNLOADING MATERIAL
   12  FROM SUCH TRUCK. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE EXCLU-
   13  SION FROM THE MEASUREMENT OF THE LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIV-
   14  ERY VEHICLE SHALL NOT APPLY UNLESS THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HOLDS  A
   15  VALID  COMMERCIAL  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  AS  DEFINED  BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
   16  SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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