Bill Text: NY S00391 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing limited rear overhang for specialized material delivery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3491A [S00391 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00391-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        391--A
           Cal. No. 11
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
         favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
         ordered  to  a  third  reading,  passed by Senate and delivered to the
         Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading,
         amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
         third reading
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
         limited rear overhang for specialized material delivery vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and traffic law is relettered paragraph (h) and a new paragraph (g)
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    (G) THE LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY  VEHICLE,  INCLUSIVE
    5  OF  LOAD AND BUMPERS, SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN FORTY FEET PROVIDED, HOWEV-
    6  ER, THAT THE PORTION OF AN ATTACHED BOOM OR FORKLIFT THAT EXTENDS BEYOND
    7  THE REAR BUMPER BY NOT MORE THAN FIVE FEET SHALL BE  EXCLUDED  FROM  THE
    8  MEASUREMENT  OF  THE  LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
    9  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHI-
   10  CLE" SHALL MEAN A SINGLE UNIT TRUCK HAVING AN ATTACHED BOOM OR  FORKLIFT
   11  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  HOISTING, SWINGING, LOADING OR UNLOADING MATERIAL
   12  FROM SUCH TRUCK. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE EXCLU-
   13  SION FROM THE MEASUREMENT OF THE LENGTH OF A SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIV-
   14  ERY VEHICLE SHALL NOT APPLY UNLESS THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HOLDS  A
   15  VALID  COMMERCIAL  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  AS  DEFINED  BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF
   16  SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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