Bill Text: NY S07215 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the presence of traffic control devices on roadways which prohibit the changing of lanes on such roadways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-02 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07215-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 7215                                                 A. 10028
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 2, 2012
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ESPINAL -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to roadway lane
         markings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision (d) of section 1128 of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    (d)  When official [markings are in place indicating those portions of
    5  any roadway where crossing such markings would be especially  hazardous,
    6  no  driver  of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time
    7  drive across such markings] TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ARE IN  PLACE  INDI-
    8  CATING  THOSE  PORTIONS  OF  ANY  ROADWAY WHERE THE CHANGING OF LANES IS
    9  PROHIBITED, DRIVERS OF VEHICLES SHALL OBEY THE DIRECTION OF  EVERY  SUCH
   10  DEVICE.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL
   11  DEVICES ARE DESIGNATED BY A SOLID DOUBLE WHITE LINE PAVEMENT MARKING  OR
   12  A SIGN.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15531-01-2