| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2017 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Mar 27, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5423
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S5423 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10, Hway L
2017-S5423 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5423
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the highway law, in relation to
directing the commissioner of transportation to prohibit use on any
state or local highway with a speed limit of forty-five miles per hour
or more, of certain types of guardrails
PURPOSE :
To ensure that New York prohibits the use of certain guardrails which
have proven to be dangerous in high-speed impacts.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section one: The bill adds a new subdivision 47 to Section 10 of the
highway law to direct the Commissioner of Transportation to promulgate
rules and regulations prohibiting the use and installation of on any
highway with a speed limit of 45 mph or more any X-Lite guardrail or
rail cap manufactured by the Lindsay Corporation, or any other
similarly designed and constructed guardrail or rail cap as determined
by the Commissioner.
Section 2: The bill provides that the act shall take effect
immediately.
JUSTIFICATION :
2017-S5423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5423
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 27, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to directing the commis-
sioner of transportation to prohibit use on any state or local highway
with a speed limit of forty-five miles per hour or more, of certain
types of guardrails
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 10 of the highway law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 47 to read as follows:
47. PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE USE AND INSTALLA-
TION, ON ANY STATE OR LOCAL HIGHWAY HAVING A SPEED LIMIT OF FORTY-FIVE
MILS PER HOUR OR MORE, OF ANY "X-LITE" GUARDRAIL OR RAIL CAP MANUFAC-
TURED BY THE LINDSAY CORPORATION, OR ANY OTHER GUARDRAIL OR RAIL CAP OF
SIMILAR DESIGN AND/OR MATERIALS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10819-01-7
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