Bill Text: NY S01925 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1925 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S01925

Introduced

Bill Title: Adds additional factors to be considered when determining if a child safety zone should be considered hazardous.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-11-15 - SIGNED CHAP.623 [S01925 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01925-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1925

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. JACKSON, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  certain  factors
          considered in the determination of hazardous child safety zones

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3635-b of the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  403  of  the  laws  of 1992, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. The commissioner of transportation shall establish regulations  for
     5  determination  of  a  hazardous zone including, but not limited to, such
     6  factors as the existence or nonexistence of sidewalks or  walkways,  the
     7  type  of  road  surface, width of road, footpath or sidewalk, the volume
     8  and average speed of  traffic,  density  of  population,  violent  crime
     9  statistics,  density  of vacant buildings or structures, the commercial,
    10  industrial or residential character of the area  and  the  existence  or
    11  nonexistence  of  traffic safety features such as traffic lights, street
    12  lights and traffic patrols. In preparing such regulations,  the  commis-
    13  sioner  of transportation shall consult with the commissioners of educa-
    14  tion and motor vehicles and representatives from the  state  police  who
    15  have  traffic safety responsibilities. Such regulations shall be used by
    16  boards of education in determining whether a hazardous zone exists.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02290-01-1