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Assembly Bill A7026B

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the maximum vehicle length for special use buses shall be 48 feet and its wall-to-wall turning diameter shall not exceed 90 feet 3 inches

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2011-A7026 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S999
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8452
2013-2014: A3763
2015-2016: A30
2017-2018: A197
2019-2020: A2289

2011-A7026 - Summary

Provides that the maximum vehicle length for special use buses shall be forty-eight feet and its wall-to-wall turning diameter shall not exceed ninety feet three inches.

2011-A7026 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7026

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 11, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  maximum
  vehicle length

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2003, is
amended to read as follows:
  (c) The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than  seven
passengers  shall  not  exceed  [forty-five] FIFTY feet, except that the
length of articulated buses shall not exceed sixty-two feet.    A  house
coach  shall  not  exceed  [forty-five]  FIFTY  feet in length, provided
however, that if a house coach exceeds forty feet in length,  its  wall-
to-wall  turning  diameter shall not exceed ninety feet three inches and
moreover, such house coach shall have permanently affixed to its body on
the front passenger side door jamb, a  data-plate  on  which  the  house
coach manufacturer indicates the vehicle identification number and wall-
to-wall  turning  diameter and attests to the fact that the wall-to-wall
turning diameter is calculated in accordance with the Society of Automo-
tive Engineers J-695 Standard as such standard existed  on  June  first,
two  thousand  three,  regarding turning capability. In the event such a
house coach exceeds either  twenty-six  thousand  pounds  gross  vehicle
weight rating, is greater than forty feet in length or exceeds both, the
operator  of  such  house  coach  must  have  a  driver's license with a
personal use vehicle endorsement as set forth in subparagraph  (vii)  of
paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision two of section five hundred one of [the]
this chapter. This provision shall not apply  to  any  city  not  wholly
included  within  one  county  except such house coaches and fifth wheel
trailers used for  non-commercial  purposes  may  be  operated  on  that
portion  of interstate ninety-five which connects interstate two hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04432-01-1

2011-A7026A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S999
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8452
2013-2014: A3763
2015-2016: A30
2017-2018: A197
2019-2020: A2289

2011-A7026A - Summary

Provides that the maximum vehicle length for special use buses shall be forty-eight feet and its wall-to-wall turning diameter shall not exceed ninety feet three inches.

2011-A7026A - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7026--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  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 the maximum
  vehicle length

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of  2003,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than seven
passengers shall not exceed forty-five feet, except that the  length  of
articulated  buses  shall  not exceed sixty-two feet AND THE LENGTH OF A
SPECIAL USE, NON-FIXED ROUTE BUS THAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED  A  NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTERED FULL SAFETY REVIEW,
SHALL  NOT EXCEED FORTY-EIGHT FEET AND ITS WALL-TO-WALL TURNING DIAMETER
SHALL NOT EXCEED NINETY FEET THREE INCHES.   A  house  coach  shall  not
exceed  forty-five  feet  in  length,  provided however, that if a house
coach exceeds forty feet in length, its  wall-to-wall  turning  diameter
shall not exceed ninety feet three inches and moreover, such house coach
shall  have  permanently affixed to its body on the front passenger side
door jamb, a data-plate on which the house coach manufacturer  indicates
the  vehicle identification number and wall-to-wall turning diameter and
attests to the fact that the wall-to-wall turning diameter is calculated
in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers J-695 Standard as
such standard existed on June first, two thousand three, regarding turn-
ing capability. In the event such a house coach exceeds  either  twenty-
six  thousand  pounds gross vehicle weight rating, is greater than forty
feet in length or exceeds both, the operator of such  house  coach  must
have  a  driver's license with a personal use vehicle endorsement as set
forth in subparagraph (vii) of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  two  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04432-08-1

2011-A7026B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S999
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8452
2013-2014: A3763
2015-2016: A30
2017-2018: A197
2019-2020: A2289

2011-A7026B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the maximum vehicle length for special use buses shall be forty-eight feet and its wall-to-wall turning diameter shall not exceed ninety feet three inches.

2011-A7026B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7026--B

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
  reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the maximum
  vehicle length

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of  2003,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than seven
passengers shall not exceed forty-five feet, except that the  length  of
articulated  buses  shall  not exceed sixty-two feet AND THE LENGTH OF A
BUS OPERATED PURSUANT TO OR REQUIRING A PERMIT, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVI-
SION  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO  OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, SHALL NOT
EXCEED FORTY-EIGHT FEET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH BUS:  (I)  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED  A  NEW  YORK  STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTERED
SAFETY INSPECTION; (II) HAS WALL-TO-WALL TURNING DIAMETER NOT  EXCEEDING
NINETY  FEET THREE INCHES; AND (III) HAS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO ITS BODY
ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR JAMB, A DATA-PLATE  ON  WHICH  THE  BUS
MANUFACTURER   INDICATES   THE   VEHICLE   IDENTIFICATION   NUMBER   AND
WALL-TO-WALL TURNING DIAMETER AND ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT THE  WALL-TO-
WALL  TURNING  DIAMETER  IS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIETY OF
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS J-695 STANDARD AS SUCH  STANDARD  EXISTED  ON  JUNE
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, REGARDING TURNING CAPABILITY OR THE NEW YORK
STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH  BUS IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE WALL-TO-WALL TURNING  DIAMETER  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE
DEPARTMENT'S  SAFETY  INSPECTION  OF  SUCH  BUS. A house coach shall not
exceed forty-five feet in length, provided  however,  that  if  a  house

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04432-10-1

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