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                                   2453
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the establishment of specific criteria for the evaluation
   and placement of traffic control signals

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Stefan's law".
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 19-180.2 to read as follows:
   §  19-180.2  TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A
 PROCESS BY WHICH IT EVALUATES THE NEED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS TO BE
 PLACED AT INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY. CRITERIA TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH
 PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,  MOTOR  VEHICLE  AND
 PEDESTRIAN  TRAFFIC VOLUMES, VISIBILITY FOR BOTH MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
 AND PEDESTRIANS, ANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE LOCATION  IN
 QUESTION,  PROXIMITY OF EXISTING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS TO THE LOCATION
 IN QUESTION, AVERAGE VEHICULAR SPEEDS, THE FREQUENCY AND TYPES OF  ACCI-
 DENTS  INVOLVING  MOTOR  VEHICLES  AND  PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO
 PROPERTY, AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS BASED UPON INFORMATION  AND  STATIS-
 TICS  PROVIDED  BY  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE
 LIKELY PRESENCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND BICYCLISTS  AND  THE  ABILITY  TO
 APPROPRIATELY CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW BY IMPLEMENTING OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL
 TECHNIQUES,  SUCH  AS  SPEED  BUMPS OR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.   WHENEVER THE
 DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES SUCH EVALUATION FOLLOWING THE REQUEST OF AN  INDI-
 VIDUAL,  GROUP OR ORGANIZATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL
 SIGNAL AT A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION AND SUCH REQUEST IS DENIED AFTER THE
 COMPLETION OF SUCH EVALUATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROVIDE  A  WRITTEN
 FINDING TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP OR ORGANIZATION UPON REQUEST DETAILING
 THE  RESULTS  OF  THE EVALUATION UPON WHICH ITS DETERMINATION WAS BASED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 SUCH WRITTEN FINDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS OF  SUCH
 REQUEST,  WITH COPIES SENT TO THE MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND STATE
 SENATOR IN WHOSE DISTRICT SUCH EVALUATED INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, provided that any administrative  actions,  including
 the promulgation of rules, necessary to implement the provisions of this
 act  on  its  effective date are authorized and directed to be taken and
 completed on or before such effective date.