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    Cal. No. 169

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
  ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
  its place in the order of third reading

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to  the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT amending the vehicle and traffic law in relation  to  authorizing
  the  villages  of  Sag  Harbor and East Hampton, county of Suffolk, to
  reduce the speed limits in certain cases

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

  Section  1. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 412 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The  legisla-
tive  body  of  any city or village with respect to highways (which term
for the purposes of this section shall include  private  roads  open  to
public  motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state
highways maintained by the state on which the department of  transporta-
tion shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statu-
tory  fifty-five  miles  per  hour  speed  limit  as provided in section
sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or  on  which  the  department  of
transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not
establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred

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twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section
sixteen  hundred  eighty-four of this title may by local law, ordinance,
order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which  vehi-
cles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of
such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city
or  village  higher  or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum
statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city  or
village  or  within  designated  areas  of such city or village shall be
established at less than thirty miles per hour; except that in the  city
of  Long Beach, in the county of Nassau, speed limits may be established
at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of the  following
highways  in  such  city:  Cleveland  avenue,  Harding  avenue, Mitchell
avenue, Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge avenue, Wilson  avenue
and  Taft  avenue. No such speed limit applicable on or along designated
highways within such city or village 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
and except that within the cities of Buffalo and Rochester speed  limits
may  be  established  at  not  less  than fifteen miles per hour for any
portion of a highway within a city park.  IN THE VILLAGE OF  EAST  HAMP-
TON,  IN  THE  COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT
LESS THAN TWENTY MILES PER HOUR ON ANY PORTION OF THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS
IN SUCH VILLAGE: KING STREET, MCGUIRK STREET,  MIDDLE  LANE,  MILL  HILL
LANE  AND  MEADOW  WAY.  IN  THE VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR, IN THE COUNTY OF
SUFFOLK, SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN  TWENTY  MILES
PER  HOUR ON ANY PORTION OF THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS IN SUCH VILLAGE: MAIN
STREET, BAY STREET, MADISON STREET, AND JERMAIN AVENUE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
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    S. 2926--B                                            A. 4264--B
    Cal. No. 169

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
  ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
  its place in the order of third reading -- again amended  and  ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on
  Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
  ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT authorizing the villages of East Hampton and Sag Harbor to reduce
  the maximum speed limit  along  certain  designated  streets  in  such
  villages to not less than 20 miles per hour

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law  or  code
to  the  contrary,  the  village board of the village of East Hampton in
Suffolk county, subject to the limitations imposed by sections 1624  and
1684 of the vehicle and traffic law, may by local law, ordinance, order,
rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at not less than twen-
ty  miles  per  hour on any portion of the following streets within such
village: King Street, McGuirk Street, Middle Lane, Mill  Hill  Lane  and
Meadow Way.
  S  2. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or code to the
contrary, the village board of the village  of  Sag  Harbor  in  Suffolk

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county,  subject to the limitations imposed by sections 1624 and 1684 of
the vehicle and traffic law, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or
regulation establish maximum speed limits at not less than twenty  miles
per  hour  on  any portion of the following streets within such village:
Main Street, Bay Street, Madison Street, and Jermain Avenue.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.