Senate Bill S7740A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of East Hills, town of North Hempstead, county of Nassau to lower the speed limit on village roads to not less than twenty-five miles per hour

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7740 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9969
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1643, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S1566, A1135

2013-S7740 - Summary

Authorizes the village of East Hills, town of North Hempstead, Nassau county to lower the speed limit on village roads to not less than twenty-five miles per hour.

2013-S7740 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7740 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7740

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT in relation to authorizing the village of  East  Hills,  town  of
  North  Hempstead,  Nassau  county  to lower the speed limit on village
  roads to not less than twenty-five miles per hour

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or code
to the contrary, the village of East Hills,  town  of  North  Hempstead,
Nassau  county  is  hereby  authorized  and empowered to lower the speed
limit on village roads to not less than twenty-five miles  per  hour  in
the village of East Hills, town of North Hempstead, Nassau county.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15477-01-4


              

2013-S7740A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9969
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1643, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S1566, A1135

2013-S7740A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of East Hills, town of North Hempstead, Nassau county to lower the speed limit on village roads to not less than twenty-five miles per hour.

2013-S7740A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7740A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7740--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits
  in the village of East Hills,  town  of  North  Hempstead,  county  of
  Nassau

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended  by
chapter 412 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The legisla-
tive body of any city or village with respect to  highways  (which  term
for  the  purposes  of  this section shall include private roads open to
public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than  state
highways  maintained by the state on which the department of transporta-
tion shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statu-
tory fifty-five miles per  hour  speed  limit  as  provided  in  section
sixteen  hundred  twenty  of  this  title, or on which the department of
transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not
establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred
twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section
sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title may by local  law,  ordinance,
order,  rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which vehi-
cles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of
such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city
or village higher or lower than the fifty-five miles  per  hour  maximum
statutory  limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or
village or within designated areas of such  city  or  village  shall  be
established  at less than thirty miles per hour; except that in the city
of Long Beach, in the county of Nassau, speed limits may be  established
at  not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of the following
highways in  such  city:  Cleveland  avenue,  Harding  avenue,  Mitchell
avenue,  Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge avenue, Wilson avenue

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

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