Assembly Bill A6932

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Long Beach, Nassau County to establish speed limits on certain highways below 30 miles per hour

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5563 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2011-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5563
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1643, V & T L

2011-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Long Beach, Nassau County to establish speed limits on Cleveland Avenue, Harding Avenue, Mitchell Avenue, Belmont Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Coolidge Avenue, Wilson Avenue and Taft Avenue below 30 miles per hour.

2011-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6932

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
                               ___________

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 speed limits
  in the city of Long Beach, Nassau county

  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 563 of the laws of 2002, 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.
                                                           LBD10059-01-1
              

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