S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9676
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 29, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to signage in school speed zones
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision e of section 19-177 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law
number 24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to read
as follows:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, the
commissioner shall establish speed limits of not less than fifteen nor
more than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually, for
a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on
highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
ting on the highway. THE OFFICIAL SIGNS POSTED AT EACH SCHOOL LOCATION
THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE THE
REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, FLASHING BEACONS, AND A NOTICE THAT THE REDUCED
SPEED LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE FLASHING. For purposes of
this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same meaning as in
section 19-189 of this title.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05035-01-5
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