Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
May 12, 2023 |
print number 315a |
May 12, 2023 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S315
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 32nd Senate District
2023-S315 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1642, V & T L
2023-S315 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S315 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million PURPOSE: To authorize New York City to set a five mile per hour speed limit on Open Streets. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subparagraph (a) of paragraph 26 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and traffic law to grant the authority to to the City of New York establish a speed limit of five miles per hour on Open Streets. Section 2 sets the effective date.
2023-S315 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 315 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 26 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 248 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (a) With respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this paragraph shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf- fic) in such city, other than state highways maintained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such city shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title, establish- ment of maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed within such city or within designated areas of such city higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or within designated areas of such city shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at no less than fifteen miles per hour pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen hundred forty-three of this article AND EXCEPT THAT OPEN STREETS SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NO LESS THAN FIVE MILES PER HOUR. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00664-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D) 32nd Senate District
2023-S315A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1642, V & T L
2023-S315A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S315A SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million PURPOSE: To authorize New York City to set a five mile per hour speed limit on Open Streets. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subparagraph (a) of paragraph 27 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and traffic law to grant the authority to the City of New York establish a speed limit of five miles per hour on Open Streets. Section 2 sets the effective date.
2023-S315A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 315--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 27 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (a) Establishment of maximum speed limits below twenty-five miles per hour at which motor vehicles may proceed on or along designated highways within such city for the explicit purpose of implementing traffic calm- ing measures as such term is defined herein OR FOR THE EXPLICIT PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING AN OPEN STREET; provided, however, that no speed limit shall be set below fifteen miles per hour nor shall such speed limit be established where the traffic calming measure to be implemented consists solely of a traffic control sign, AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO SPEED LIMIT SHALL BE SET BELOW FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON AN OPEN STREET. Estab- lishment of such a speed limit shall, where applicable, be in compliance with the provisions of sections sixteen hundred twenty-four and sixteen hundred eighty-four of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to alter or affect the establishment of school speed limits pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen hundred forty-three of this article. For the purposes of this paragraph, "traffic calming measures" shall mean any physical engineering measure or measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior and improve conditions for non-motorized street users such as pedestri- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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