Bill Text: NY S02708 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the installation of climb deterrent fencing on all bridges under the jurisdiction of the New York State Bridge Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-04 - referred to transportation [S02708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02708-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2708

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
          installation of climb deterrent fencing on certain bridges

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

     1    Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 16-a to read as follows:
     3    16-a. The commissioner shall ensure that climb  deterrent  fencing  is
     4  installed  on  all  bridges under the jurisdiction of the New York State
     5  Bridge Authority.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
     7  law.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07116-01-3