NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7945

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 15, 2014	referred to rules

2013-S7945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S70
2017-2018: S3168

2013-S7945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits motor vehicles on a certain segment of public roads.

2013-S7945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7945

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to permitting certain motor vehicles on a certain segment of
public roads

PURPOSE:

This bill would permit tandem trailers to travel from exit 49 of the
New York state thruway for approximately .5 miles to their shipping
and receiving location.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 16 of section 365 of the vehicle and
traffic law by adding a new paragraph (v) permitting tandem trailers
to travel along a designated route of approximately .5 miles from exit
49 of the New York state thruway to a designated shipping and
receiving location. This bill requires the commissioner of
transportation to determine that the tandem trailers could operate
safely along the designated route and that no other applicable laws
prohibit the operation of the tandem trailers on such route.

Section 2 states that this act shall take effect immediately

EXISTING LAW:

Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law states maximum dimensions
and weight restrictions for vehicles on public roads. Subdivision 16
of this section, however, allows for the possibility of exempting a
designated route from these requirements. The vehicles on this route
must be travelling to or from the New York state thruway, and they
must also meet the maximum dimensions and weight restrictions for the
New York state thruway. There are currently 22 such exemptions under
Subdivision 16.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill allows for tandem trailers, already in compliance with New
York state thruway maximum dimensions and weight restrictions, to
legally exit the thruway and travel to a designated shipping and
receiving location approximately .5 miles from exit 49 of the New York
state thruway. Under current law, tandem trailers may travel on the
thruway, but may not exit the thruway to their shipping and receiving
location approximately .5 miles away.

Subdivision 16 of Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law
recognizes this potential problem by allowing for possible exemptions
for those motor vehicles travelling to and from the New York state
thruway. This bill simply adds another designated route to that
current list of 22 exemptions. Furthermore, this bill requires the
commissioner of transportation to determine that the tandem trailers
could operate safely along the designated route and that no other
applicable laws prohibit the operation of the tandem trailers on such
route.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S7945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7945

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            October 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
  certain motor vehicles on a certain segment of public roads

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 385 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows:
  (V)  OVER  A ROUTE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE THRUWAY TOLL BOOTH AT THE NEW
YORK STATE THRUWAY EXIT 49 TO THE TERMINUS OF THE EXIT  49  ON  AND  OFF
RAMPS AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 78 AND SOUTH ON NEW
YORK  STATE  ROUTE 78 TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH PFOHL ROAD, A DISTANCE OF
APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES, AND APPROXIMATELY 365 FEET WEST ON  PFOHL  ROAD,
WHERE  THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION DETERMINES THAT THE VEHICLE OR
COMBINATION OF VEHICLES COULD OPERATE SAFELY ALONG THE DESIGNATED  ROUTE
AND  THAT  NO  APPLICABLE  FEDERAL  LAW, REGULATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENT
PROHIBITS THE OPERATION OF SUCH VEHICLE OR COMBINATION  OF  VEHICLES  ON
SUCH ROUTE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15793-01-4

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