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Assembly Bill A7723

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts "Erin's Law"; requires crosswalks near athletic fields and playgrounds

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2013-A7723 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5049
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง137, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5657, S3435
2017-2018: A2685

2013-A7723 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Erin's Law"; requires crosswalks near athletic fields and playgrounds abutting roads.

2013-A7723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7723

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  crosswalks
  near athletic fields and playgrounds

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Erin's law".
  S 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section  137
to read as follows:
  S  137.  CROSSWALKS  NEAR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS. 1. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THERE  SHALL  BE  A
CROSSWALK,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED TEN OF THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW, ACROSS EACH ROAD THAT ABUTS AN ATHLETIC FIELD OR PLAYGROUND
EVERY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET.
  2. THERE SHALL BE A YIELD SIGN IN EACH DIRECTION OF  TRAFFIC  ALERTING
DRIVERS TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK.
  3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESTRICTED HIGHWAYS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect two years after it shall have become a
law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10804-02-3

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