Bill Text: NY S05379 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to motorcycle awareness on state highways by affixing signs stating "Watch for Motorcycles".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05379 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05379-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5379--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 transportation law, in relation to motorcycle aware- ness on state highways The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 36 to read as follows: 3 36. To install signs on all state highways maintained by the depart- 4 ment in an effort to raise motorcycle awareness. Such signs shall clear- 5 ly state "Watch for Motorcycles". The design, place and manner of 6 installation of such signs shall conform to the manual on uniform traf- 7 fic control devices adopted by the commissioner. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 9 the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 10 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 11 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 12 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06366-02-9
