Senate Bill S402

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S402 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5548
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Niagara Falls, City of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6120, A9094
2013-2014: S4673, A6611
2015-2016: S3115, A3640
2019-2020: S202, A4657
2021-2022: A4530

2017-S402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls to 25 miles per hour.

2017-S402 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    402
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT relating to authorizing the city  of  Niagara  Falls,  county  of
   Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or  code
 to  the  contrary,  the  city of Niagara Falls, Niagara county is hereby
 authorized and empowered to lower the speed limit to not less than twen-
 ty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara county.    For
 the  purposes of this section, the term "downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara
 County" shall mean the land area described as follows:
   COMMENCING in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York;
   The TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING  is  the  point  of  intersection  of  the
 Westerly  right of way of John B. Daly Boulevard and the Southerly right
 of way of Buffalo Avenue;
   THENCE, leaving westerly along the Southerly right of way  of  Buffalo
 Avenue,  proceeding  until  its  intersection  with the easterly edge of
 Riverside Drive;
   THENCE, leaving southerly and westerly along the Boundary of Riverside
 Drive until its intersection with the Westerly boundary of Holly Place;
   THENCE, leaving westerly along the line of land  appropriated  by  and
 for  the  People  of the State of New York in 1885, now known as Niagara
 Falls State Park, then following said  property  boundary  westerly  and
 northerly, proceeding until its intersection with the Northerly right of
 way of Niagara Street;
   THENCE,  leaving  easterly  along  the right of way of Niagara Street,
 proceeding until its intersection with the  Westerly  right  of  way  of
 Rainbow Boulevard;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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