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                                   3359
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law  and  the  public  authorities  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing  a mileage-based numbering system for exits
   along interstate highways within the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The highway law is amended by adding a new section 332 to
 read as follows:
   § 332. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS MADE
 THEREFOR, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CONVERT EXIT NUMBERS  ALONG
 INTERSTATE  HIGHWAYS  LOCATED  WITHIN THIS STATE TO A MILEAGE-BASED EXIT
 NUMBERING SYSTEM.  SUCH SYSTEM SHALL:
   (A) FOLLOW, AS CLOSELY AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
 TRATION INTERCHANGE EXIT NUMBERING  SYSTEM  OF  MILEAGE-BASED  REFERENCE
 POST NUMBERING;
   (B) FOLLOW THE CONVENTION THAT SUCH MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SHALL
 BEGIN  AT  THE  SOUTHERNMOST  OR WESTERNMOST TERMINUS OF SUCH INTERSTATE
 HIGHWAY; AND
   (C) MINIMIZE COST BY USING EXISTING ROADSIDE AND  OVERHEAD  SIGNS  AND
 ADD-ON PLATES TO DISPLAY NEW EXIT NUMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
   2.  FOR  A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE CONVER-
 SION TO THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  EXIT  NUMBER  OF EACH EXIT PRIOR TO SUCH CONVERSION SHALL
 CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH SUCH EXIT.
   3. THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM SET FORTH IN  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 389
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08312-01-7
              

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   § 389. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE AUTHOR-
 ITY,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATIONS  MADE  THEREFOR,  TO
 DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A PLAN TO CONVERT EXIT NUMBERS ALONG INTERSTATE
 HIGHWAYS  LOCATED  WITHIN  THIS  STATE TO A MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING
 SYSTEM.  SUCH SYSTEM SHALL:
   (A) FOLLOW, AS CLOSELY AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
 TRATION INTERCHANGE EXIT NUMBERING  SYSTEM  OF  MILEAGE-BASED  REFERENCE
 POST NUMBERING;
   (B) FOLLOW THE CONVENTION THAT SUCH MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SHALL
 BEGIN  AT  THE  SOUTHERNMOST  OR WESTERNMOST TERMINUS OF SUCH INTERSTATE
 HIGHWAY; AND
   (C) MINIMIZE COST BY USING EXISTING ROADSIDE AND  OVERHEAD  SIGNS  AND
 ADD-ON PLATES TO DISPLAY NEW EXIT NUMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
   2.  FOR  A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE CONVER-
 SION TO THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  EXIT  NUMBER  OF EACH EXIT PRIOR TO SUCH CONVERSION SHALL
 CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH SUCH EXIT.
   3. THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM SET FORTH IN  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
   §  3.  The  commissioner of transportation and the chairman of the New
 York state thruway authority  shall  work  in  cooperation  and  jointly
 establish  uniform  standards  and  signage  for  the mileage-based exit
 number required by the provisions of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.