Bill Text: NY A00537 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation, upon a finding that a bridge has consistent defects and/or safety concerns, to establish and implement an emergency plan for the drivers and the communities that would be affected if such bridge closes for repairs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A00537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00537-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          537
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to  directing  the  commis-
         sioner  of transportation, upon a finding that a bridge has consistent
         structural defects and/or safety concerns, to establish and  implement
         an  emergency plan for the drivers and the communities affected by the
         closure of such bridge
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 3 of section 231 of
    2  the highway law, as added by chapter  781  of  the  laws  of  1988,  are
    3  amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
    4    (d)  make  available  training materials to persons performing mainte-
    5  nance and inspection pursuant to this article; [and]
    6    (e) prescribe  qualifications  of  bridge  design,  construction,  and
    7  inspection  experience  for  licensed  professional  engineers  who  may
    8  perform or supervise bridge inspections  or  evaluations  in  accordance
    9  with the provisions of this article[.]; AND
   10    (F)  UPON  THE FINDING THAT A BRIDGE HAS CONSISTENT STRUCTURAL DEFECTS
   11  AND/OR SAFETY CONCERNS, AS DETERMINED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  UNIFORM
   12  CODE  OF  BRIDGE  INSPECTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
   13  THIRTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT  AN  EMERGENCY  PLAN
   14  FOR REROUTING THE TRAFFIC, AND FOR ASSISTING THE DRIVERS AND COMMUNITIES
   15  AFFECTED SHOULD A CLOSURE OF SUCH BRIDGE BE NECESSARY PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
   16  VISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01294-01-1