NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1634B

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	lost
Jun 05, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jun 04, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 31, 2018	1st report cal.1434
Feb 06, 2018	print number 1634b
Feb 06, 2018	amend and recommit to cities
Jan 03, 2018	referred to cities
Jun 21, 2017	committed to rules
Jun 05, 2017	amended on third reading 1634a
Feb 07, 2017	advanced to third reading
Feb 06, 2017	2nd report cal.
Jan 31, 2017	1st report cal.106
Jan 10, 2017	referred to cities

Votes

- Jun 20, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S1634B
  
  Aye
  
  30
  
  Nay
  
  28
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  3
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2018
      
      aye (30)
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Boyle
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Tedisco
      
      Young
      
      nay (28)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Dilan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      absent (2)
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      excused (3)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Croci
      
      Rivera
  May 31, 2018 - Committee Vote
  S1634B
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Committee Vote: May 31, 2018
      
      aye (7)
      
      Akshar
      
      Avella
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Jacobs
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
  Jan 31, 2017 - Committee Vote
  S1634B
  
  Aye
  
  6
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Committee Vote: Jan 31, 2017
      
      aye (6)
      
      Akshar
      
      Avella
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Jacobs
      
      Persaud

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2017-S1634 - Details

Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §§19-177, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4613
2015-2016: S3372
2019-2020: S4120
2021-2022: S34
2023-2024: S754
2025-2026: S2139

2017-S1634 - Summary

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

2017-S1634 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1634

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the administrative code of the city
of New York, in relation to signage in school speed zones

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to protect school children and other
pedestrian in New York City from traffic-related accidents by reducing
the speed in school zones and the creation of other speed zones.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends section 19-177(e)(1) of the Administrative Code of
the City of New York to require that the posted signs will include the
reduced speed limit, flashing beacons, and a notice that the speed
limit is in effect when such beacons are flashing.

Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Pedestrian safety has always been an important concern for New York
City residents, but recent data has given this issue special urgency.
According to the New York Times, 270 people died in New York City in
traffic-related incidents in 2012, with 148 of these victims being

pedestrians. This was the highest number of traffic-related fatalities
since 2008. These figures indicate a heightened risk to all City
residents, but especially children. This bill is designed to protect
the most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

One factor that accounts for this risk is the insufficient number of
speed signs in school zones, which causes some people to forget that
they are driving in areas where children may be walking. According to
a publication of the Phoenix Street Transportation Department
"research conducted throughout the country over several decades has
shown that drivers are influenced by the type of street and the
current traffic conditions, not the posted speed limit" this bill
seeks to change the feel of the streets that the most vulnerable
members of society use most often through the installment of traffic
calming devices. Once this bill becomes law, no one driving in a
school zone will be able to plead ignorance of the speed limit. The
Department of Transportation will be required to post speed limit
signs at every school zone. In addition, the Department will be
authorized to establish a speeding limit of 15 m.p.h. on highways
passing a school building or on entrances or exits of a school
abutting on highways.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.3372 - 3rd Reading Calendar
2013-2014: S.4613-A - Referred to Cities
2013-2014: S.4613 - Referred to Cities

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1634 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1634
 
                        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 Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to signage in school speed zones
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  e  of  section  19-177  of  the
 administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York, as added by local law
 number 24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   (1)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  two of this subdivision, the
 commissioner shall establish speed limits of not less than  fifteen  nor
 more  than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually, for
 a distance not to exceed one thousand  three  hundred  twenty  feet,  on
 highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
 ting  on  the highway. THE OFFICIAL SIGNS POSTED AT EACH SCHOOL LOCATION
 THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
 REDUCED  SPEED  LIMIT,  FLASHING  BEACONS, AND A NOTICE THAT THE REDUCED
 SPEED LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE FLASHING. For purposes of
 this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same  meaning  as  in
 section 19-189 of this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01762-01-7

2017-S1634A - Details

Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §§19-177, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4613
2015-2016: S3372
2019-2020: S4120
2021-2022: S34
2023-2024: S754
2025-2026: S2139

2017-S1634A - Summary

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

2017-S1634A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1634A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the administrative code of the city
of New York, in relation to signage in school speed zones

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to protect school children and other
pedestrian in New York City from traffic-related accidents by reducing
the speed in school zones and the creation of other speed zones.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends section 19-177(e)(1) of the Administrative Code of
the City of New York to require that the posted signs for school zones
will include the reduced speed limit, flashing beacons, and a notice
that the speed limit is in effect when such beacons are flashing. For
school years beginning on and after August 1, 2018, 20% of the school
locations shall have the signs required by this bill.  Each year
thereafter, the number of school locations with the sign shall
increase by 20%.

Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Pedestrian safety has always been an important concern for New York
City residents, but recent data has given this issue special urgency.
According to the New York Times, 270 people died in New York City in
traffic-related incidents in 2012, with 148 of these victims being
pedestrians. This was the highest number of traffic-related fatalities
since 2008. These figures indicate a heightened risk to all City
residents, but especially children. This bill is designed to protect
the most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

One factor that accounts for this risk is the insufficient number of
speed signs in school zones, which causes some people to forget that
they are driving in areas where children may be walking. According to
a publication of the Phoenix Street Transportation Department
"research conducted throughout the country over several decades has
shown that drivers are influenced by the type of street and the
current traffic conditions, not the posted speed limit" this bill
seeks to change the feel of the streets that the most vulnerable
members of society use most often through the installment of traffic
calming devices. Once this bill becomes law, no one driving in a
school zone will be able to plead ignorance of the speed limit. The
Department of Transportation will be required to post speed limit
signs at every school zone. In addition, the Department will be
authorized to establish a speeding limit of 15 m.p.h. on highways
passing a school building or on entrances or exits of a school
abutting on highways.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.3372 - 3rd Reading Calendar
2013-2014: S.4613-A - Referred to Cities
2013-2014: S.4613 - Referred to Cities

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1634A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1634--A
     Cal. No. 106
 
                        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 Cities -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
   to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
   in the order of third reading

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to signage in school speed zones
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  e of section 19-177 of the
 administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
 number  24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (1) Except as provided in  paragraph  two  of  this  subdivision,  the
 commissioner  shall  establish speed limits of not less than fifteen nor
 more than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually,  for
 a  distance  not  to  exceed  one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on
 highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
 ting on the highway. FOR SCHOOL YEARS  BEGINNING  ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  TWENTY PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL LOCATIONS
 THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE OFFICIAL
 SIGNS POSTED THAT INCLUDE THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, FLASHING BEACONS, AND
 A NOTICE THAT THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE
 FLASHING. THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH  SIGNS  SHALL  BE
 POSTED  SHALL  INCREASE BY TWENTY PERCENT EACH YEAR. SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE
 POSTED NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SUCH YEAR. For purposes
 of this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same meaning as in
 section 19-189 of this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01762-02-7

co-Sponsors

2017-S1634B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §§19-177, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4613
2015-2016: S3372
2019-2020: S4120
2021-2022: S34
2023-2024: S754
2025-2026: S2139

2017-S1634B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

2017-S1634B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1634B

SPONSOR: GOLDEN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to signage in school speed zones

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to protect school children and other pedes-
trian in New York City from traffic-related accidents by reducing the
speed in school zones and the creation of other speed zones.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 19-177(e)(1) of the Administrative Code of the
City of New York to require that the posted signs for school zones will
include the reduced speed limit, flashing beacons, and a notice that the
speed limit is in effect when such beacons are flashing. For school
years beginning on and after August 1, 2019, 20% of the school locations
shall have the signs required by this bill.  Each year thereafter, the
number of school locations with the sign shall increase by 20%.

Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Pedestrian safety has always been an important concern for New York City
residents, but recent data has given this issue special urgency.
According to the New York Times, 270 people died in New York City in
traffic-related incidents in 2012, with 148 of these victims being
pedestrians. This was the highest number of traffic-related fatalities
since 2008. These figures indicate a heightened risk to all City resi-
dents, but especially children. This bill is designed to protect the
most vulnerable members of our society, our children.

One factor that accounts for this risk is the insufficient number of
speed signs in school zones, which causes some people to forget that
they are driving in areas where children may be walking. According to a
publication of the Phoenix Street Transportation Department "research
conducted throughout the country over several decades has shown that
drivers are influenced by the type of street and the current traffic
conditions, not the posted speed limit" this bill seeks to change the
feel of the streets that the most vulnerable members of society use most
often through the installment of traffic calming devices. Once this bill
becomes law, no one driving in a school zone will be able to plead igno-
rance of the speed limit. The Department of Transportation will be
required to post speed limit signs at every school zone. In addition,
the Department will be authorized to establish a speeding limit of 15
m.p.h. on highways passing a school building or on entrances or exits of
a school abutting on highways.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.1634-A - Amended on 3rd Reading, Committed to Rules
2015-2016: S.3372 - 3rd Reading Calendar
2013-2014: S.4613-A - Referred to Cities
2013-2014: S.4613 - Referred to Cities

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1634B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1634--B
 
                        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 Cities -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
   to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
   in  the  order  of  third  reading  -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Cities  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to signage in school speed zones
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  e of section 19-177 of the
 administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
 number  24 of the city of New York for the year 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (1) Except as provided in  paragraph  two  of  this  subdivision,  the
 commissioner  shall  establish speed limits of not less than fifteen nor
 more than twenty miles per hour at fifty school locations annually,  for
 a  distance  not  to  exceed  one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on
 highways passing any school building, entrance or exit of a school abut-
 ting on the highway. FOR SCHOOL YEARS  BEGINNING  ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  TWENTY PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL LOCATIONS
 THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE OFFICIAL
 SIGNS POSTED THAT INCLUDE THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, FLASHING BEACONS, AND
 A NOTICE THAT THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IS IN EFFECT WHEN SUCH BEACONS ARE
 FLASHING. THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH  SIGNS  SHALL  BE
 POSTED  SHALL  INCREASE BY TWENTY PERCENT EACH YEAR. SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE
 POSTED NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SUCH YEAR. For purposes
 of this subdivision, the term "school" shall have the same meaning as in
 section 19-189 of this title.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01762-04-8

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