Bill Text: NY A07136 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation and the New York state thruway authority to implement a mileage-based exit numbering system along interstate highways located within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A07136 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07136-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7136
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 24, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the highway law  and  the  public  authorities  law,  in
         relation  to  establishing  a mileage-based numbering system for exits
         along interstate highways within the state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The highway law is amended by adding a new section 332 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 332. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE COMMIS-
    4  SIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS MADE
    5  THEREFOR, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CONVERT EXIT NUMBERS  ALONG
    6  INTERSTATE  HIGHWAYS  LOCATED  WITHIN THIS STATE TO A MILEAGE-BASED EXIT
    7  NUMBERING SYSTEM.  SUCH SYSTEM SHALL:
    8    (A) FOLLOW, AS CLOSELY AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
    9  TRATION INTERCHANGE EXIT NUMBERING  SYSTEM  OF  MILEAGE-BASED  REFERENCE
   10  POST NUMBERING;
   11    (B) FOLLOW THE CONVENTION THAT SUCH MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SHALL
   12  BEGIN  AT  THE  SOUTHERNMOST  OR WESTERNMOST TERMINUS OF SUCH INTERSTATE
   13  HIGHWAY; AND
   14    (C) MINIMIZE COST BY USING EXISTING ROADSIDE AND  OVERHEAD  SIGNS  AND
   15  ADD-ON PLATES TO DISPLAY NEW EXIT NUMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
   16    2.  FOR  A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE CONVER-
   17  SION TO THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   18  SECTION,  THE  EXIT  NUMBER  OF EACH EXIT PRIOR TO SUCH CONVERSION SHALL
   19  CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH SUCH EXIT.
   20    3. THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM SET FORTH IN  THIS  SECTION
   21  SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   22    S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 389
   23  to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03577-01-5
       A. 7136                             2
    1    S 389. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE AUTHOR-
    2  ITY,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HEREBY
    3  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATIONS  MADE  THEREFOR,  TO
    4  DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A PLAN TO CONVERT EXIT NUMBERS ALONG INTERSTATE
    5  HIGHWAYS  LOCATED  WITHIN  THIS  STATE TO A MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING
    6  SYSTEM.  SUCH SYSTEM SHALL:
    7    (A) FOLLOW, AS CLOSELY AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
    8  TRATION INTERCHANGE EXIT NUMBERING  SYSTEM  OF  MILEAGE-BASED  REFERENCE
    9  POST NUMBERING;
   10    (B) FOLLOW THE CONVENTION THAT SUCH MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SHALL
   11  BEGIN  AT  THE  SOUTHERNMOST  OR WESTERNMOST TERMINUS OF SUCH INTERSTATE
   12  HIGHWAY; AND
   13    (C) MINIMIZE COST BY USING EXISTING ROADSIDE AND  OVERHEAD  SIGNS  AND
   14  ADD-ON PLATES TO DISPLAY NEW EXIT NUMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
   15    2.  FOR  A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE CONVER-
   16  SION TO THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   17  SECTION,  THE  EXIT  NUMBER  OF EACH EXIT PRIOR TO SUCH CONVERSION SHALL
   18  CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH SUCH EXIT.
   19    3. THE MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM SET FORTH IN  THIS  SECTION
   20  SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   21    S  3.  The  commissioner of transportation and the chairman of the New
   22  York state thruway authority  shall  work  in  cooperation  and  jointly
   23  establish  uniform  standards  and  signage  for  the mileage-based exit
   24  number required by the provisions of this act.
   25    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.