Bill Text: NY S09636 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a local transportation regulatory agency to review school safety plans for traffic and transportation issues prior to the issuance of a building permit for a new school facility or the expansion or renovation of an existing school facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S09636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09636-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9636

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a review  of
          school safety plans for traffic and transportation issues

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  409-n
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  409-n.  School safety plans. Notwithstanding any other provision of
     4  law to the contrary, a  local  transportation  regulatory  agency  shall
     5  review  and  approve  a  school  safety  plan prior to the issuance of a
     6  building permit for a new school facility or the expansion or renovation
     7  of an existing school facility. The school safety plan shall include  an
     8  evaluation of potential traffic and transportation issues related to the
     9  school,  as well as proposed measures to mitigate any safety risks.  The
    10  provisions of this section shall not apply to a school facility that  is
    11  owned or operated by a school district.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14853-02-4