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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S1631
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 22nd Senate District
2017-S1631 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1631 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1631 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To allow vehicles to drive in dedicated bus lanes provided certain requirements are met. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill adds a new section 1116-a to the vehicle and traffic law to allow vehicles to drive in dedicated bus lanes in mixed residential and commercial areas when it is not rush hour, provided that the vehicle is at least two hundred and fifty feet in front of a bus and promptly leaves the designated bus lane. Section 2 of the bill provides that this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXISTING LAW : None.
2017-S1631 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1631 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1116-a to read as follows: § 1116-A. TRAVEL IN DESIGNATED BUS LANES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN DESIGNATED BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT ON A STREET IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONE, EXCEPT DURING RUSH HOUR, IT SHALL NOT BE A VIOLATION OF LAW FOR A VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN SUCH DESIGNATED BUS LANE PROVIDED SUCH VEHICLE IS AT A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FEET IN FRONT AND AHEAD OF A BUS IN THE DESIGNATED BUS LANE AND THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE PROMPTLY EXITS THE BUS LANE, THEREBY LEAVING THE DESIGNATED BUS LANE FREE AND CLEAR FOR THE BUS. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RUSH HOUR" SHALL MEAN THE HOURS OF SIX A.M. THROUGH TEN A.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND FOUR P.M. THROUGH SEVEN P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR THE PERIOD, AS DESIGNATED BY THE LOCAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, WHEN BUS SERVICE PROVIDED IS AT ITS PEAK LEVELS. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05071-01-7
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