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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5276
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Transportation
2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5276 TITLE OF BILL : An act to authorize the department of transportation to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices and to prepare a report concerning its findings PURPOSE : To require the require the department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of requiring commercial vehicles sold and licensed to travel in New York to be equipped with back-up warning devices. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Provides that the department of transportation shall conduct a feasibility study on requiring commercial vehicles to be equipped with back-up warning devices. The department shall review all available research and literature on the use of such equipment and the impact such equipment has on pedestrian safety. The study shall be completed within six months of the effective date of these provisions. Section 2. Requires a five page report to be submitted to the governor and leadership of the legislature. The report is to be submitted no later than sixty days after completion of the study.
2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5276 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices and to prepare a report concerning its findings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of requiring commercial vehicles sold in and licensed to travel on the public roads of this state be fitted with apparatus or technology that emits a sound when the vehicle is placed in reverse gear and to establish a sound standard applicable to such appa- ratus or technology. The sound required should vary in such a way that it is noticeably different from other sounds emitted by a vehicle when the vehicle is engaged in other operations, including idling, accelerat- ing or decelerating. In conducting the study, the department of trans- portation shall review all available research and literature regarding the use of such equipment and the impact of the presence of such equip- ment on the safety of pedestrians. The study need not prescribe the apparatus, technology, or method to be used by commercial vehicle manufacturers to achieve the required sound level. This study shall be completed within six months following the effective date of these provisions. S 2. Upon completion of the study, the commissioner of transportation or his or her designee shall make a report, such report to be no longer than five pages, to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly and the minority leader of the senate of the findings, conclusions and recommendations arising from the study. This report shall be submitted no later than sixty days after completion of the study. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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