Bill Text: NY S07603 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07603 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07603-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7603

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of
          transportation  to  conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all
          existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways; and  providing  for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of  transportation  is  authorized  and
     2  directed  to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing
     3  3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide  rails
     4  with  safer  modern  alternatives.  Such study shall include, but not be
     5  limited to:
     6    a. The approximate location and mileage within the state where 3-cable
     7  guide rails are still in use;
     8    b. The estimated cost to remove  and  replace  the  remaining  3-cable
     9  guide rails and whether such costs would be primarily borne by the state
    10  or the localities where such rails are in use;
    11    c.  The  estimated duration the removal would take if conducted in the
    12  most cost-effective manner for both the state and  affected  localities;
    13  and
    14    d. The estimated impact on vehicle and motorist safety by removing and
    15  replacing 3-cable guide rails with modern alternatives.
    16    §  2. In conducting such study, the commissioner of transportation may
    17  consult with any federal, state, or local office, agency, or  department
    18  and  request information from any such entity that is relevant and mate-
    19  rial to the completion of such study and subsequent report.
    20    § 3. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the commis-
    21  sioner of transportation shall prepare and submit to the  governor,  the
    22  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the
    23  minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  report containing the study's findings  concerning  the  feasibility  of
     2  removing  and  replacing  all  existing  3-cable guide rails on New York
     3  roadways and recommendations for legislative or other actions  that  can
     4  be undertaken to implement provisions as deemed feasible by such report.
     5    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     6  deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.