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Senate Bill S4350

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the color and visibility of signage on school buses

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2017-S4350 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10213
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3847

2017-S4350 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the color and visibility of signage on school buses; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

2017-S4350 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4350 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4350
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 the color
   and visibility of signs on school buses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subdi-
 vision  20 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph 1
 of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1992 and para-
 graph (c) as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1973, are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (1) In addition to such signal lamps, two signs shall be conspicuously
 displayed  on  the  exterior  of  every such omnibus designating it as a
 school omnibus by the use of the  words  "SCHOOL  BUS"  which  shall  be
 painted  or  otherwise  inscribed  thereon  in [black letters] LETTERING
 COLORED BLACK OR MADE IN A REFLECTIVE  MATERIAL  APPROVED  FOR  USE  FOR
 OMNIBUSES  BY  THE COMMISSIONER SO LONG AS SAID MATERIAL IS VISIBLE FROM
 AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED FEET DISTANT.  Such letters shall  be  of  uniform
 size,  at  least  eight inches in height, and each stroke of each letter
 shall be not less than one inch in width.  The background of  each  such
 sign  shall  be  painted  OR  OTHERWISE  APPLIED  IN  the color known as
 "national school bus chrome." For each such  omnibus  having  a  seating
 capacity  in  excess  of  fifteen children, such signs shall be securely
 mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall  be  affixed  on  the
 front  and one on the rear thereof. For each such omnibus having a seat-
 ing capacity of not more than fifteen  children,  such  signs  shall  be
 securely  mounted  on  top  of such vehicle, one of which shall face the
 front and one of which shall face the rear thereof. Each such sign shall
 be visible and readable from a point at least two hundred feet distant.
   (c) In the event such vehicle is operated on a public  highway  during
 the  period  between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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