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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. DESTITO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation -- 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 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
571.131 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

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