Bill Text: NY A07143 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation to prohibit the use and installation of certain types of guardrails and rail caps on all state and local highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A07143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07143-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7143--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- 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 highway law, in relation to directing the commis-
          sioner of transportation to prohibit use on any state or local highway
          of certain types of guardrails
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  10 of the highway law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 47 to read as follows:
     3    47. Promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting the use and installa-
     4  tion, on any state or local highway, of any "X-Lite" guardrail  or  rail
     5  cap  manufactured  by the Lindsay Corporation, or any other guardrail or
     6  rail cap of similar design and/or materials as determined by the commis-
     7  sioner.  Additionally, the department shall immediately  act  to  remove
     8  any  existing "X-Lite" guardrail or rail cap manufactured by the Lindsay
     9  Corporation, or any other guardrail or rail cap of similar design and/or
    10  materials as determined by the commissioner.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10819-05-7