Bill Text: NY S00391 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 391 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing limited rear overhang for specialized material delivery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3491A [S00391 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          391
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- 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  extending
         the maximum length of vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a) The length of a single vehicle, inclusive  of  load  and  bumpers,
    5  shall  be  not  more  than  forty feet unless otherwise provided in this
    6  subdivision.  FOR SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHICLES, WHICH  INCLUDE
    7  ARTICULATING  BOOM  TRUCKS  AND  PIGGY-BACK TRUCKS (FLAT BED TRUCKS WITH
    8  FORKLIFTS OR MOTIFS ATTACHED), THE LENGTH OF A SINGLE VEHICLE,  MEASURED
    9  FROM  BUMPER  TO  BUMPER,  SHALL  NOT  BE MORE THAN FORTY FEET; HOWEVER,
   10  PROVIDED THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE IS A CDL OPERATOR, THE VEHICLE
   11  CAN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET OF OVERHANG, FOR A TOTAL LENGTH  OF  NO
   12  MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE FEET. OVERHANG IS DEFINED AS THE PORTION OF A VEHI-
   13  CLE  THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER OR THE PORTION OF A BOOM, FORK-
   14  LIFT OR OTHER DEVICE THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   16  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00604-01-3