S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5170
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to require the department of transportation to determine which
entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are most frequently
accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain
barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The New York state department of transportation is hereby
authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enactment
of this act, to study and determine which entrances to special parkways
in the county of Westchester are most frequently accessed by commercial
motor vehicles and, within one year of making such determination, to
install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial
motor vehicles from accessing such special parkway entrances.
2. The commissioner of transportation may request, and is authorized
to receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or
other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
and data as will enable the department of transportation to properly
conduct its study and make its determination. Such information and data
received by the department of transportation shall be subject to the
same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
are applicable to the use of such information and data by the depart-
ment, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state
or state public authority which provided such information and data.
3. For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "commercial motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as such
term is defined in subdivision 4 of section 501-a of the vehicle and
traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also of a height that exceeds
the clearance of bridges located on such special parkways; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) "special parkways" shall mean the roadways within the county of
Westchester designated and set forth in section 70 of the transportation
law.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.