Bill Text: NY S05423 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5423 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation to prohibit the use and installation of certain types of guardrails and rail caps on highways with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S05423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05423-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5423
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 27, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to  directing  the  commis-
          sioner of transportation to prohibit use on any state or local highway
          with  a  speed  limit of forty-five miles per hour or more, of certain
          types of guardrails
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  10 of the highway law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 47 to read as follows:
     3    47. Promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting the use and installa-
     4  tion, on any state or local highway having a speed limit  of  forty-five
     5  mils  per  hour  or more, of any "X-Lite" guardrail or rail cap manufac-
     6  tured by the Lindsay Corporation, or any other guardrail or rail cap  of
     7  similar design and/or materials as determined by the commissioner.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10819-01-7