NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8022

Senate Bill S8022

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the town of Dekalb, in the county of St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on certain public roadways

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May 15, 2025	referred to local government

2025-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3762
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: St. Lawrence County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7760, A10029
2021-2022: S1868, A4201
2023-2024: S8791, A9514

2025-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Dekalb, in the county of St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on a portion of United States route eleven.

2025-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8022

SPONSOR: WALCZYK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing the town of Dekalb, in the county of
St.  Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on certain public road-
ways

 
PURPOSE:

Allows the Town of Dekalb to lower the speed limit to 45 on Route 11,
beginning one-quarter mile north of the Route 11 East Dekalb Road inter-
section and ending one quarter mile South of the entrance to the
Hermon-DeKalb Central school athletic fields, in the town of Dekalb.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Pursuant to section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, this
legislation allows the Town of Dekalb in St. Lawrence County to lower
its speed limit from 55 to 45 MPH on Route 11, beginning one-quarter
mile north of the Route 11 East Dekalb Road intersection and ending one

quarter mile South of the entrance to the Hermon-DeKalb Central school
athletic fields, in the town of Dekalb in the town should they establish
such speed limit by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation, which is at the request of the Town of Dekalb, would
lower the speed limit on a section of Route 11 in the town, near the
Hermon-Dekalb Central School. This legislation empowers home rule to
this municipality to lower the speed of this road. DeKalb has had numer-
ous accidents including automobiles and pedestrians on this road that
runs near its central school, and this legislation is necessary to
preserve the safety of the residents of the Canton community.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: S1868/A4201

2020 - S.7760/A.10029

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state. This legislation may have a positive fiscal impact on
the locality by reducing the number of traffic incidents on its roads.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8022
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Dekalb, in the  county  of
   St.    Lawrence,  to  reduce the maximum speed limit on certain public
   roadways

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or code
 to the contrary, the town board of the town of Dekalb  in  St.  Lawrence
 county, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish
 maximum  speed  limits  at not less than forty-five miles per hour along
 United States route eleven, beginning one  quarter  mile  north  of  the
 United  States route eleven and East Dekalb Road intersection and ending
 one quarter mile south of the  entrance  to  the  Hermon-DeKalb  Central
 school athletic fields.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05556-01-5

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