Assembly Bill A8995

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Hempstead to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of Lido Beach

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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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2009-A8995 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5788
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1662-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2955, S3080

2009-A8995 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of Lido Beach.

2009-A8995 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8995

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
  the  town  of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed
  limit of less than thirty miles an hour for  certain  highways  within
  the community of Lido Beach

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

  Section 1. Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law,  as  amended
by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any subur-
ban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town  law  and  the
town  board  of any other town having a population exceeding fifty thou-
sand, with respect to highways (which term  for  the  purposes  of  this
section  shall  include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf-
fic) in such towns outside any village, other than state highways  main-
tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have
established  higher  or lower speed limits than the statutory 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 towns 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  regu-
lation  establish  maximum  speed  limits  at which vehicles may proceed
within such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or  along
designated  highways  within  such towns lower than the fifty-five miles
per hour  maximum  statutory  limit.  No  such  speed  limit  applicable
throughout  such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall be
established at less than thirty miles per hour, except that in the  town
of  Hempstead  speed  limits may be established at not less than fifteen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14076-02-9
              

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