Bill Text: NY S02926 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2926 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Authorizes the villages of Sag Harbor and East Hampton, county of Suffolk, to reduce speed limits in certain cases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-14 - SIGNED CHAP.426 [S02926 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 2926                                                  A. 4264
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2015
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
         ment
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT in relation to authorizing the villages of Sag  Harbor  and  East
         Hampton,  county  of  Suffolk,  to  reduce the speed limits in certain
         cases
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any law to the contrary, the villages of
    2  Sag Harbor and East Hampton, county of Suffolk are hereby authorized and
    3  empowered to lower the speed limit in such villages  to  not  less  than
    4  twenty  miles  per  hour, provided that the village board of trustees of
    5  each such village makes a written determination that the  implementation
    6  of  traffic  calming  measures  as  such  term is defined herein are not
    7  feasible on a particular designated highway within the village. For  the
    8  purposes of this act, "traffic calming measures" shall mean any physical
    9  engineering  measure  or  measures  that  reduce the negative effects of
   10  motor vehicle use, alter driver  behavior  and  improve  conditions  for
   11  non-motorized street users such as pedestrians and bicyclists.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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