Assembly Bill A279

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A279 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1116-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9784
2017-2018: A902
2021-2022: A419

2019-A279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions.

2019-A279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    279
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
   travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1116-a to read as follows:
   §  1116-A. TRAVEL IN DESIGNATED BUS LANES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,
 RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHEN   DESIGNATED   BUS   LANE
 RESTRICTIONS  ARE  IN  EFFECT  ON  A  STREET  IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND
 COMMERCIAL ZONE, EXCEPT DURING RUSH HOUR, IT SHALL NOT BE A VIOLATION OF
 LAW FOR A VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN SUCH DESIGNATED  BUS  LANE  PROVIDED  SUCH
 VEHICLE  IS  AT  A  DISTANCE  OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FEET IN
 FRONT AND AHEAD OF A BUS IN THE DESIGNATED BUS LANE AND  THE  DRIVER  OF
 THE  VEHICLE PROMPTLY EXITS THE BUS LANE, THEREBY LEAVING THE DESIGNATED
 BUS LANE FREE AND CLEAR FOR THE BUS.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RUSH HOUR" SHALL MEAN THE  HOURS  OF
 SIX  A.M.  THROUGH  TEN A.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND FOUR P.M. THROUGH
 SEVEN P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR THE PERIOD,  AS  DESIGNATED  BY  THE
 LOCAL  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY,  WHEN  BUS  SERVICE  PROVIDED  IS AT ITS PEAK
 LEVELS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05273-01-9

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