Bill Text: NY S00754 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 754

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00754-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           754

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to signage in school speed zones

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  e  of  section  19-177  of  the
     2  administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York, as added by local law
     3  number 24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    (1)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  two of this subdivision, the
     6  commissioner shall establish speed limits of not less than  fifteen  nor
     7  more  than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually, for
     8  a distance not to exceed one thousand  three  hundred  twenty  feet,  on
     9  highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
    10  ting  on  the  highway.  For  school years beginning on and after August
    11  first, two thousand twenty-four, twenty percent of the school  locations
    12  that have been selected pursuant to this subdivision shall have official
    13  signs posted that include the reduced speed limit, flashing beacons, and
    14  a notice that the reduced speed limit is in effect when such beacons are
    15  flashing.  The  number  of school locations at which such signs shall be
    16  posted shall increase by twenty percent each year. Such signs  shall  be
    17  posted no later than the first day of school for such year. For purposes
    18  of this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same meaning as in
    19  section 19-189 of this [title] subchapter.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02204-01-3