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Assembly Bill A2388

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits

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2025-A2388 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6710
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1662-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2685
2011-2012: A2606
2013-2014: A3464
2015-2016: A5815
2017-2018: A5562
2019-2020: A5562
2021-2022: A5676
2023-2024: A5407

2025-A2388 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits.

2025-A2388 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2388
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating
   speed limits in cities, towns, or villages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a of the
 vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a  new  subdivi-
 sion 2 is added to read as follows:
   2.  EACH  CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY BY LOCAL
 LAW ESTABLISH MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT WHICH VEHICLES MAY PROCEED  ON  OR
 ALONG  SUCH  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  HIGHWAYS  IN SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR
 VILLAGE OTHER THAN STATE OR COUNTY HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE  STATE  OR
 COUNTY  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION,  LOWER THAN FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER
 HOUR STATUTORY MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT. NO SUCH SPEED LIMIT APPLICABLE ON OR
 ALONG SUCH DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS WITHIN SUCH CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE  SHALL
 BE  ESTABLISHED  AT  LESS  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR, EXCEPT THAT
 SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN  MILES
 PER HOUR, FOR A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY
 FEET,  ON  A  HIGHWAY  PASSING  A SCHOOL BUILDING, ENTRANCE OR EXIT OF A
 SCHOOL ABUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01102-01-5

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