Bill Text: NY S09511 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to install notification of the thirty-foot requirement on every stop sign; ensures that the required distance established by the law will be posted on any stop sign to forewarn motorists upon approaching a stop sign.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09511-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9511

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking near
          a stop sign

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph c of paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section
     2  1202  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 679 of the
     3  laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c. Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing  signal,  stop
     5  or yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of the road-
     6  way,  unless  a different distance is indicated by official signs, mark-
     7  ings or parking meters. The commissioner shall ensure that  notification
     8  of the distance requirement established by this section is conspicuously
     9  posted beneath any stop sign posted on a state highway;
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
    12  motor vehicles may begin the installation of any  signs  required  as  a
    13  result of this act.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08221-01-3