Bill Text: NY S00523 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-17 - PRINT NUMBER 523A [S00523 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00523-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        523--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       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  331  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 331. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE COMMIS-
    4  SIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN
    5  TO  CONVERT  EXIT  NUMBERS ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS LOCATED WITHIN THIS
    6  STATE TO A MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING 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 FOURTEEN.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03676-02-0
       S. 523--A                           2
    1    S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 388
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 388. MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. 1. THE AUTHOR-
    4  ITY,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HEREBY
    5  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CONVERT  EXIT
    6  NUMBERS  ALONG  INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS LOCATED WITHIN THIS STATE TO A MILE-
    7  AGE-BASED EXIT 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 FOURTEEN.
   22    S  3.  The  commissioner of transportation and the chairman of the New
   23  York state thruway authority  shall  work  in  cooperation  and  jointly
   24  establish  uniform  standards  and  signage  for  the mileage-based exit
   25  number required by the provisions of this act.
   26    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.