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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Frontus) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   driving  a  motor vehicle on boardwalks and other conveyances intended
   for the use of pedestrians
 
   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 162 to read as follows:
   § 162. BOARDWALK. AN ELEVATED FOOTPATH, WALKWAY OR CAUSEWAY BUILT WITH
 WOODEN PLANKS OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT ENABLES PEDESTRIANS TO  CROSS  WET,
 FRAGILE,  OR MARSHY LAND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A BEACH OR WATER-
 FRONT.
   § 2. Section 1225-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by  chap-
 ter 222 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1225-a. Driving  on  sidewalks,  BOARDWALKS  AND  OTHER  CONVEYANCES
 INTENDED FOR THE USE OF PEDESTRIANS. No person shall drive a motor vehi-
 cle on or across a sidewalk, BOARDWALK OR OTHER CONVEYANCE INTENDED  FOR
 THE USE OF PEDESTRIANS, except that a vehicle may be driven at a reason-
 able  speed, but not more than five miles per hour, on or across a side-
 walk in such manner as not to interfere with the safety and  passage  of
 pedestrians thereon, who shall have the right of way, when it is reason-
 able and necessary:
   (a) to gain access to a public highway, private way or lands or build-
 ings adjacent to such highway or way;
   (b)  in  the  conduct of work upon a highway, or upon a private way or
 lands or buildings adjacent to such highway or way, or
   (c) to plow snow or perform any other public  service,  for  hire,  or
 otherwise,   which  could  not  otherwise  be  reasonably  and  properly
 performed.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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