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Assembly Bill A6242

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of North Salem, in the county of Westchester, to establish maximum speed limits on town highways at less than the statutory limits

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2013-A6242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1662-a, V & T L

2013-A6242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of New Salem, in the county of Westchester, to establish maximum speed limits on town highways at less than the statutory limits.

2013-A6242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6242

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  the town of North Salem, in the county  of  Westchester,  to  regulate
  speed limits on town highways

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1662-a of the vehicle  and
traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added
to read as follows:
  2.  THE  TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF NORTH SALEM, IN THE COUNTY OF WEST-
CHESTER, MAY BY LOCAL LAW ESTABLISH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT WHICH  VEHI-
CLES  MAY  PROCEED  ON  OR  ALONG TOWN HIGHWAYS IN SUCH TOWN, OTHER THAN
STATE OR COUNTY HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, LOWER THAN THE FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR STATUTORY MAXI-
MUM SPEED LIMIT.  NO SUCH SPEED LIMIT APPLICABLE ON OR ALONG SUCH DESIG-
NATED HIGHWAYS WITHIN SUCH TOWN SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT LESS THAN  TWEN-
TY-FIVE  MILES  PER  HOUR,  EXCEPT  THAT  SCHOOL  SPEED  LIMITS  MAY  BE
ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR, FOR A DISTANCE  NOT
TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET, ON A HIGHWAY PASSING A
SCHOOL BUILDING, ENTRANCE OR EXIT OF A SCHOOL ABUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07160-04-3

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