Bill Text: NY S02466 | 2011-2012 | 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 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-12 - referred to transportation [S02466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02466-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2466--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
         tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
         mitted 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, 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 FIFTEEN.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07275-02-1
       S. 2466--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, SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATIONS  MADE  THEREFOR,  TO
    6  DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A PLAN TO CONVERT EXIT NUMBERS ALONG INTERSTATE
    7  HIGHWAYS LOCATED WITHIN THIS STATE TO  A  MILEAGE-BASED  EXIT  NUMBERING
    8  SYSTEM.  SUCH SYSTEM SHALL:
    9    (A) FOLLOW, AS CLOSELY AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS-
   10  TRATION  INTERCHANGE  EXIT  NUMBERING  SYSTEM OF MILEAGE-BASED REFERENCE
   11  POST NUMBERING;
   12    (B) FOLLOW THE CONVENTION THAT SUCH MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SHALL
   13  BEGIN AT THE SOUTHERNMOST OR WESTERNMOST  TERMINUS  OF  SUCH  INTERSTATE
   14  HIGHWAY; AND
   15    (C)  MINIMIZE  COST  BY USING EXISTING ROADSIDE AND OVERHEAD SIGNS AND
   16  ADD-ON PLATES TO DISPLAY NEW EXIT NUMBERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
   17    2. FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF  THE  CONVER-
   18  SION  TO  THE  MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM MADE PURSUANT TO THIS
   19  SECTION, THE EXIT NUMBER OF EACH EXIT PRIOR  TO  SUCH  CONVERSION  SHALL
   20  CONTINUE TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH SUCH EXIT.
   21    3.  THE  MILEAGE-BASED EXIT NUMBERING SYSTEM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION
   22  SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   23    S 3. The commissioner of transportation and the chairman  of  the  New
   24  York  state  thruway  authority  shall  work  in cooperation and jointly
   25  establish uniform standards  and  signage  for  the  mileage-based  exit
   26  number required by the provisions of this act.
   27    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.