Bill Text: NY S00278 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires department of transportation to defer to town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes on state highway, county road and town highways where public safety nexus exists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00278 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00278-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          278
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. LARKIN, BONACIC -- 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 giving local
         town boards the discretion to change speed limits for safety
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO REQUESTS FOR SPEED
    4  LIMIT CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED WITH RESPECT
    5  TO STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH TOWN OR TOWNS  OUTSIDE
    6  OF  CITIES  OR  VILLAGES, WHERE A REASONABLE NEXUS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY
    7  AND SUCH REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT EXISTS.
    8    S 2. Section 1621 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
    9  a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   10    (E)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  DEFER TO REQUESTS FOR
   11  SIGNAGE AND SIGNAL CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED
   12  WITH RESPECT TO STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH  TOWN  OR
   13  TOWNS  OUTSIDE  OF  CITIES OR VILLAGES, WHERE A REASONABLE NEXUS BETWEEN
   14  PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUCH REQUEST FOR  A  CHANGE  IN  SIGNAGE  AND  SIGNALS
   15  EXISTS.
   16    S  3. Section 1622 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
   17  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   18    3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  IF  ANY
   19  REASONABLE NEXUS EXISTS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REQUEST BY A COUN-
   20  TY  SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS OF A COUNTY OR A TOWN BOARD, FOR A CHANGE
   21  IN SPEED LIMIT, THE DEPARTMENT OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  DEFER  TO  THE
   22  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  HIGHWAYS' OR TOWN BOARD'S REQUEST IN SETTING
   23  THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND TOWN HIGHWAYS IN  SUCH  TOWN  OR
   24  TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES.
   25    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01347-01-3