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Jan 03, 2018 |
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May 11, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S6109
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
2017-S6109 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3359
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §332, Hway L; add §389, Pub Auth L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S523
2011-2012: S2466, A8151
2013-2014: S1913, A6054
2015-2016: S828, A7136
2019-2020: A6908
2017-S6109 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6109 TITLE OF BILL : 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 PURPOSE : This bill will change the exit numbers on interstates from a chronological system to a mileage-based system. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 332 is added to the highway law to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a plan, subject to appropriation, to convert the exit numbers along interstate highways in New York to a mileage-based system. Section 388 is added to the public authorities law to authorize the Thruway Authority, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to develop and implement a plan to convert the exit numbers along interstate highways in New York to a mileage-based system. The plan will include the following provisions: (a) as closely as practicable, follow the Federal Highway Administration mileage-based exit numbering system;
2017-S6109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6109 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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