Bill Text: NY A07081 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation in consultation with the department of motor vehicles to develop a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New York interstate highways.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A07081 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07081-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7081
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 23, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH, RAIA -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the develop-
         ment of a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers  on  New
         York interstate highways
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new  section  67  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  67.  WRONG  WAY DRIVER PROGRAM. 1. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE
    4  DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
    5  NEW  YORK  STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES,  DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO
    6  ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS ON NEW  YORK  INTERSTATE  HIGH-
    7  WAYS.
    8    2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL:
    9    A.  INVESTIGATE  POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM OF WRONG WAY DRIVERS
   10  ON NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS;
   11    B. ASSESS WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM;
   12    C. SET FORTH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM; AND
   13    D. IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF WRONG  WAY  DRIVERS  ON
   14  NEW YORK INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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