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Assembly Bill A8008

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles

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2017-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8211
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Transportation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A816
2015-2016: A654, S5774
2019-2020: A3138
2021-2022: A5170

2017-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.

2017-A8008 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8008
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  require the department of transportation to determine which
   entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are most frequently
   accessed by oversized  commercial  vehicles  and  to  install  certain
   barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The New York state department of transportation  is  hereby
 authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enactment
 of  this act, to study and determine which entrances to special parkways
 in the county of Westchester are most frequently accessed by  commercial
 motor  vehicles  and,  within  one year of making such determination, to
 install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial
 motor vehicles from accessing such special parkway entrances.
   2. The commissioner of transportation may request, and  is  authorized
 to  receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or
 other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
 and data as will enable the department  of  transportation  to  properly
 conduct  its study and make its determination. Such information and data
 received by the department of transportation shall  be  subject  to  the
 same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
 are  applicable  to  the use of such information and data by the depart-
 ment, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of  the  state
 or state public authority which provided such information and data.
   3.  For  the  purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
 following meanings:
   (a) "commercial motor vehicle" shall have the  same  meaning  as  such
 term  is  defined  in  subdivision 4 of section 501-a of the vehicle and
 traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also of a height that exceeds
 the clearance of bridges located on such special parkways; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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