Bill Text: NY A10198 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the department of transportation shall conduct a study to evaluate the weight limitations of fire vehicles with pneumatic tires.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-21 - tabled [A10198 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10198
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PELLEGRINO  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT directing the department of transportation to  study  the  weight
          limitations for fire vehicles with pneumatic tires
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The department of  transportation  shall  conduct  a  study
     2  within  three  months  of  the  effective  date of this act, to evaluate
     3  weight limitations for fire vehicles with pneumatic tires as  set  forth
     4  in  subdivision  17-b  of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law, to
     5  determine whether such weight limitations should be increased to  permit
     6  use on the state's highways and roads.
     7    §  2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
     8  department of transportation shall submit to the governor and the legis-
     9  lature a report on the weight limitations of fire vehicles operating  on
    10  the state's highways and roads, as described in section one of this act.
    11    §  3.  The  department shall evaluate such data with the assistance of
    12  experts in:
    13    a. highway and road weight limitations;
    14    b. fire vehicles; and
    15    c. traffic safety.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14855-01-8