Bill Text: NY A04208 | 2019-2020 | 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 - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04208 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04208-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4208
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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.
                                                                   LBD04421-01-9