Bill Text: NY S00138 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 138 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires all-way stop signs erected at all intersections immediately surrounding a public or private school in a city with a population of 1 million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00138 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00138-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          138
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         all-way  stop signs erected at all intersections immediately surround-
         ing a public or private school
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 1229-e to read as follows:
    3    S 1229-E. ALL-WAY STOP  SIGNS,  PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE  SCHOOLS,  CERTAIN
    4  CITIES.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE
    5  CONTRARY, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE,  THERE
    6  SHALL  BE  ERECTED  AN ALL-WAY STOP SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER
    7  IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, EXCEPT  WHERE  THERE
    8  IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALREADY LOCATED AT SUCH INTERSECTION.
    9    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   10  have become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
   11  immediately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
   12  any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this
   13  act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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