Bill Text: NY S03528 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - SIGNED CHAP.249 [S03528 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03528-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3528--A
           Cal. No. 339
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. FUSCHILLO, ADAMS, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, LARKIN,
         SAVINO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed  to  the  Committee  on Transportation -- reported favorably
         from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
         third  reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the Assembly,
         recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,  amended  and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
         U turns in school zones during posted hours
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 1161 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
    2  chapter 157 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. A. No motor vehicle shall
    4  make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest
    5  of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any
    6  other motor  vehicle  approaching  from  either  direction  within  five
    7  hundred feet.
    8    B. NO MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL MAKE A U TURN WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE.  FOR THE
    9  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM "SCHOOL ZONE" SHALL MEAN THE
   10  DISTANCE ALONG A HIGHWAY PASSING A SCHOOL BUILDING, ENTRANCE OR EXIT  OF
   11  A SCHOOL ABUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR WHICH A SCHOOL SIGN (S1-1) HAS BEEN
   12  POSTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANUAL ON
   13  UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN
   14  HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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