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Assembly Bill A6054

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits limousines from making U-turns

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2019-A6054 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1225-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A8708

2019-A6054 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits limousines from making U-turns; defines the term limousine.

2019-A6054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6054
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PALUMBO, ASHBY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   limousines from making U-turns
 
   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 1225-e to read as follows:
   §  1225-E.  LIMOUSINES  PROHIBITED  FROM  MAKING  U-TURNS.  1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LIMOUSINE" SHALL MEAN ANY OF VARIOUS
 LARGE PASSENGER VEHICLES;  ESPECIALLY  A  LUXURIOUS  AUTOMOBILE  USUALLY
 DRIVEN  BY  A  CHAUFFEUR AND SOMETIMES HAVING A PARTITION SEPARATING THE
 PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
   2. NO LIMOUSINE SHALL MAKE A U-TURN  AT  ANY  TRAFFIC  SIGNAL,  INTER-
 SECTION OR SIGN.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however  that  effective  immediately,  the
 addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary
 for the implementation of the foregoing provisions of this  act  on  its
 effective  date  are authorized and directed to be made and completed on
 or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08536-01-9

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