Bill Text: NY A08433 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8433 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - referred to transportation [A08433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08433-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6340                                                  A. 8433
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2014
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred  to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access to
         public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
         ples
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
    2  by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    3    (a)  For  all state, county and local transportation projects that are
    4  undertaken by the department or receive both federal and  state  funding
    5  and  are  subject to department of transportation oversight, the depart-
    6  ment or agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall  consider  the
    7  convenient  access  and mobility on the road network by all users of all
    8  ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
    9  tation users through the use of complete street design features  in  the
   10  planning,  design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation, [but
   11  not including resurfacing, maintenance, or pavement  recycling  of  such
   12  projects] RESURFACING, MAINTENANCE AND PAVEMENT RECYCLING.
   13    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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