Assembly Bill A6124

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A6124 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §72-s, Gen Muni L; amd §14, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10872
2019-2020: A2514
2021-2022: A3196
2023-2024: A5638

2025-A6124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality; empowers the state commissioner of transportation to develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing municipalities to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located within the municipality.

2025-A6124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6124
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SOLAGES, BURDICK, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY,
   MILLER, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO, MANKTELOW -- read once and  referred  to
   the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
   the posting by each municipality of turtle  crossing  signs  on  local
   roads  located  within such municipality; and to amend the transporta-
   tion law, in relation to empowering the state commissioner  of  trans-
   portation  to  develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing
   each municipality to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located
   within such municipality
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 72-s to read as follows:
   § 72-S. WILDLIFE CAUTION SIGNS.  EACH  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION,  ACTING
 THROUGH  ITS GOVERNING BOARD, MAY, BY RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW, AUTHORIZE
 THE POSTING BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY OF TURTLE CROSSING SIGNS ON LOCAL ROADS
 SITUATED WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY IN CONFORMITY WITH REGULATIONS PROMUL-
 GATED BY THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTY-SEVEN OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   §  2.  Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 37 to read as follows:
   37. TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT RULES AND  REGULATIONS  AUTHORIZING  EACH
 MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL MUNICI-
 PAL LAW, TO POST TURTLE CROSSING SIGNS ON LOCAL  ROADS  SITUATED  WITHIN
 SUCH  MUNICIPALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVENTY-
 TWO-S OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL  ASSURE  THAT
 THE  SIGNS SHALL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 BY THE FEDERAL  HIGHWAY  ADMINISTRATION  REGARDING  WARNING  OR  CAUTION
 SIGNS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10213-01-5

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