STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5638

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, NORRIS, McDONOUGH, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH,
          HAWLEY,  MILLER,  DeSTEFANO,  MORINELLO,  MANKTELOW  --  read once and
          referred to the Committee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
          the  posting  by  each  municipality of turtle crossing signs on local
          roads located within such municipality; and to amend  the  transporta-
          tion  law,  in relation to empowering the state commissioner of trans-
          portation to develop and implement rules and  regulations  authorizing
          each municipality to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located
          within such municipality

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

     1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 72-s to read as follows:
     3    §  72-s.  Wildlife  caution  signs. Each municipal corporation, acting
     4  through its governing board, may, by resolution or local law,  authorize
     5  the posting by such municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads
     6  situated within such municipality in conformity with regulations promul-
     7  gated  by  the state commissioner of transportation pursuant to subdivi-
     8  sion thirty-seven of section fourteen of the transportation law.
     9    § 2. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding  a  new
    10  subdivision 37 to read as follows:
    11    37.  To  develop  and implement rules and regulations authorizing each
    12  municipal corporation, as defined in section two of the general  munici-
    13  pal  law,  to  post turtle crossing signs on local roads situated within
    14  such municipality in accordance with the provisions of section  seventy-
    15  two-s  of  the general municipal law. Such regulations shall assure that
    16  the signs shall be in conformity with rules and regulations  promulgated
    17  by  the  Federal  Highway  Administration  regarding  warning or caution
    18  signs.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07455-01-3