Bill Text: NY A03503 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to giving local town boards the discretion to change speed limits for safety

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - referred to transportation [A03503 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03503-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3503
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRADLEY, CLARK, COOK, GALEF, PAULIN, GORDON,
         BALL, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  DelMONTE,  MAGEE,
         RABBITT, SCHIMMINGER, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to giving local
         town boards the discretion to change speed limits for safety
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO REQUESTS FOR SPEED
    4  LIMIT CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED WITH RESPECT
    5  TO  STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH TOWN OR TOWNS OUTSIDE
    6  OF CITIES OR VILLAGES, WHERE A REASONABLE NEXUS  BETWEEN  PUBLIC  SAFETY
    7  AND SUCH REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT EXISTS.
    8    S  2. Section 1621 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    9  a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   10    (E) THE DEPARTMENT OF  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  DEFER  TO  REQUESTS  FOR
   11  SIGNAGE AND SIGNAL CHANGES BY THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN OR TOWNS AFFECTED
   12  WITH  RESPECT  TO STATE HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE IN SUCH TOWN OR
   13  TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES, WHERE A  REASONABLE  NEXUS  BETWEEN
   14  PUBLIC  SAFETY  AND  SUCH  REQUEST  FOR  A CHANGE IN SIGNAGE AND SIGNALS
   15  EXISTS.
   16    S 3. Section 1622 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
   17  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   18    3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION, IF ANY
   19  REASONABLE NEXUS EXISTS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REQUEST BY A COUN-
   20  TY SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS OF A COUNTY OR A TOWN BOARD, FOR A  CHANGE
   21  IN  SPEED  LIMIT,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEFER TO THE
   22  COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS' OR TOWN BOARD'S  REQUEST  IN  SETTING
   23  THE  SPEED  LIMIT  ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND TOWN HIGHWAYS IN SUCH TOWN OR
   24  TOWNS OUTSIDE OF CITIES OR VILLAGES.
   25    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03289-01-9