Senate Bill S10592

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10592
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 28, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  transportation  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to  the development of a scannable code that links to trans-
   lations of work zone and truss type construction signs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 22 of the transportation law, as added by chapter
 223 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 22. Work zone safety and enforcement. 1. The  department  shall,  in
 cooperation with the superintendent of state police, the commissioner of
 motor  vehicles,  the  [chairman]  CHAIR  of  the New York state thruway
 authority,  local  law  enforcement  agencies  and  representatives  for
 contractors  and  laborers,  develop and implement rules and regulations
 for the increased safety of work zones. Such rules and regulations shall
 include, but shall not be limited to, a police  presence  at  all  major
 active  work  zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the
 commissioner, the use of radar speed display signs at all  major  active
 work  zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the commis-
 sioner, and a system for reviewing work zone safety and design  for  all
 work zones under the jurisdiction of the department.
   2.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL,  IN COOPERATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE AND ANY OTHER STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEEM
 NECESSARY,  DEVELOP A SCANNABLE CODE TO BE DISPLAYED ON WORK ZONE SIGNS,
 AND SIGNS NOTIFYING  OF  TRUSS  TYPE  CONSTRUCTION  IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-TWO-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.   SUCH CODE
 SHALL, WHEN SCANNED WITH A SMARTPHONE, TABLET, OR OTHER SIMILAR  DEVICE,
 OPEN  AN  INTERNET  LINK  ON  SUCH DEVICE THAT (I) DETERMINES THE USER'S
 LOCATION; AND (II) DISPLAYS THE  CONTENTS  OF  SUCH  SIGN  IN  THE  MOST
 COMMONLY  SPOKEN  LANGUAGE  OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND SPANISH WITHIN A TEN-
 MILE RADIUS OF SUCH USER.
   (B) BEGINNING ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 ALL  WORK  ZONE SIGNS USED IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
 AND/OR A REASONABLE EXPECTATION  OF  PEDESTRIANS  SHALL  BE  PRINTED  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ENGLISH  AND  IN SPANISH, AND SHALL CONTAIN THE SCANNABLE CODE DEVELOPED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "USER" SHALL MEAN THE OPERA-
 TOR OF A SMARTPHONE, TABLET, OR OTHER SIMILAR DEVICE.
   § 2.  Subdivision 1 of section 382-a of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 119 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   1. All commercial and industrial structures that  utilize  truss  type
 construction  shall be marked by a sign or symbol in a manner sufficient
 to warn persons conducting fire control and other  emergency  operations
 of  the existence of truss construction in the structure.  BEGINNING ONE
 YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACT WHICH AMENDED THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND SHALL CONTAIN
 THE  SCANNABLE CODE CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWEN-
 TY-TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.