NY State Senate Bill 2009-S8213

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 25, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.1281
Jun 16, 2010	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 25, 2010 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8213
  
  Aye
  
  15
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  6
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  2
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 25, 2010
      
      aye (15)
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Padavan
      
      Parker
      
      Serrano
      
      Smith
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (6)
      
      Farley
      
      Hannon
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Volker
      
      excused (2)
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin

2009-S8213 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S1352

2009-S8213 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to signs on school buses; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

2009-S8213 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S8213

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signs on school
buses

PURPOSE:
To allow school bus signs, that are currently required to be
illuminated, to be constructed with reflectorized TYPE III material.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 allows the required two "SCHOOL BUS" signs displayed on
school buses to be constructed with the reflectorized TYPE III
material. Additionally, this section states that the reflectorized
signs do not need to be illuminated during the period between
one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise.

Section 2 provides for the effective date which is the one hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXISTING LAW:
Current law mandates two signs shall be conspicuously displayed
designating an omnibus as a school bus by the use of the words
"SCHOOL BUS" and creates standards for the size and color of the
text. Additionally, current law requires that these signs be

illuminated one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
sunrise.

JUSTIFICATION:
In recent years technology has advanced and made the illuminated sign
requirement obsolete.
The present technology for photo reflectorized coatings and graphics
will allow a sign to be
made economically, with industry-standard materials and offer
advantages beyond the illuminated signs.

Currently, the illuminated signs provide greater cost, both initial
and maintenance. The lights require additional wiring and are no
longer a standard item for manufacturers - with New York and Maine
being the only states that require this feature. Additionally, these
lights accumulate snow and ice and are consequently often found to be
the source of water leaks and the epicenter of structural corrosion.
Both of these negative externalities can now be avoided with
reflectorized coatings and graphics.

This technology also allows the text to conform to the curved shape of
the bus design maintaining adequate visibility while slightly
improving aerodynamics.

The incorporation of photo-reflective materials, similar to those used
on traffic signs, for the "SCHOOL BUS" signs will enhance safety,
while decreasing the initial purchase and operating costs of New
York's school bus fleet.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Will provide cost savings to school districts by reducing the costs of
new buses and bus maintenance.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after
it shall have become law.

2009-S8213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8213

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 16, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  signs  on
  school buses

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subdi-
vision 20 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph  1
of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1992 and para-
graph  (c)  as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1973, are amended to
read as follows:
  (1) In addition to such signal lamps, two signs shall be conspicuously
displayed [on the exterior] CENTERED ON THE UPPER FRONT OF REAR EXTERIOR
BODY SURFACES of every such omnibus designating it as a  school  omnibus
by  the  use  of  the  words  "SCHOOL  BUS" [which]. SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED WITH REFLECTORIZED TYPE III MATERIAL AS REQUIRED BY  49  CFR
571.1313  S6.1  TABLE 1 FOR BOTH THE BACKGROUND AND LETTERING. THE BACK-
GROUND SHALL BE NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS CHROME AND THE  LETTERING  SHALL  BE
BLACK.  THE LETTERING shall be painted or otherwise inscribed thereon in
black letters.  [Such letters] THE LETTERING shall be of  uniform  size,
at least eight inches in height, and each stroke of each letter shall be
not  less  than  one  inch in width.   [The background of each such sign
shall be painted the color known as "national school  bus  chrome."  For
each  such  omnibus having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen chil-
dren, such signs shall be securely mounted on top of such  vehicle,  one
of which shall be affixed on the front and one on the rear thereof.] For
each  such  omnibus  having  a seating capacity of not more than fifteen
children, such signs shall be securely mounted on top of  such  vehicle,
one  of  which shall face the front and one of which shall face the rear
[thereof].  [Each] ALL such [sign] "SCHOOL BUS" SIGNS shall  be  visible
and readable from a point at least two hundred feet distant.
  (c)  In  the event such vehicle is operated on a public highway during
the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half  hour  before
sunrise,  the  signs required by paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall

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

                                                           LBD17778-01-0

S. 8213                             2

be illuminated as to be visible from a point at least five hundred  feet
distant.  REFLECTORIZED  SIGNS  ALLOWED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH
(B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE ILLUMINATED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any necessary rules and regu-
lations for the implementation of this act.

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2009-S8213 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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