S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3464
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 25, 2013
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating
speed limits in the town of Warwick, county of Orange
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a of the
vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivi-
sion 2 is added to read as follows:
2. THE TOWN BOARD OF WARWICK, COUNTY OF ORANGE, MAY BY LOCAL LAW
ESTABLISH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT WHICH VEHICLES MAY PROCEED ON OR ALONG
SUCH TOWN HIGHWAYS IN SUCH TOWN OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGES OF WARWICK,
FLORIDA AND GREENWOOD LAKE, OTHER THAN STATE OR COUNTY HIGHWAYS MAIN-
TAINED BY THE STATE OR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LOWER THAN
FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR STATUTORY MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT. NO SUCH SPEED
LIMIT APPLICABLE ON OR ALONG SUCH DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS WITHIN SUCH TOWN
SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT LESS THAN TWENTY-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.
LBD05224-01-3