Bill Text: NY S05276 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of transportation to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices and to prepare a report concerning its findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05276-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5276
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to conduct a  study
         of  the  feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles
         to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices  and  to  prepare  a
         report concerning its findings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a  study  to
    2  determine  the  feasibility of requiring commercial vehicles sold in and
    3  licensed to travel on the public roads of  this  state  be  fitted  with
    4  apparatus or technology that emits a sound when the vehicle is placed in
    5  reverse  gear and to establish a sound standard applicable to such appa-
    6  ratus or technology. The sound required should vary in such a  way  that
    7  it  is  noticeably different from other sounds emitted by a vehicle when
    8  the vehicle is engaged in other operations, including idling, accelerat-
    9  ing or decelerating. In conducting the study, the department  of  trans-
   10  portation  shall  review all available research and literature regarding
   11  the use of such equipment and the impact of the presence of such  equip-
   12  ment  on  the  safety  of  pedestrians. The study need not prescribe the
   13  apparatus, technology, or  method  to  be  used  by  commercial  vehicle
   14  manufacturers  to  achieve the required sound level. This study shall be
   15  completed within six  months  following  the  effective  date  of  these
   16  provisions.
   17    S  2. Upon completion of the study, the commissioner of transportation
   18  or his or her designee shall make a report, such report to be no  longer
   19  than  five  pages,  to  the  governor,  the speaker of the assembly, the
   20  temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of  the  assembly
   21  and  the  minority leader of the senate of the findings, conclusions and
   22  recommendations arising from the study. This report shall  be  submitted
   23  no later than sixty days after completion of the study.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11506-01-9