Bill Text: NY S08211 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the DOT to determine which entrances to parkways in Westchester county are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-18 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08211 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08211-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8211
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 18, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to require the department of transportation  to  determine  which
          entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are most frequently
          accessed  by  oversized  commercial  vehicles  and  to install certain
          barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The New York state department of transportation is hereby
     2  authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enactment
     3  of this act, to study and determine which entrances to special  parkways
     4  in  the county of Westchester are most frequently accessed by commercial
     5  motor vehicles and, within one year of  making  such  determination,  to
     6  install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial
     7  motor vehicles from accessing such special parkway entrances.
     8    2.  The  commissioner of transportation may request, and is authorized
     9  to receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission  or
    10  other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
    11  and  data  as  will  enable the department of transportation to properly
    12  conduct its study and make its determination. Such information and  data
    13  received  by  the  department  of transportation shall be subject to the
    14  same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
    15  are applicable to the use of such information and data  by  the  depart-
    16  ment,  division,  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state
    17  or state public authority which provided such information and data.
    18    3. For the purposes of this act, the following terms  shall  have  the
    19  following meanings:
    20    (a)  "commercial  motor  vehicle"  shall have the same meaning as such
    21  term is defined in subdivision 4 of section 501-a  of  the  vehicle  and
    22  traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also of a height that exceeds
    23  the clearance of bridges located on such special parkways; and
    24    (b)  "special  parkways"  shall mean the roadways within the county of
    25  Westchester designated and set forth in section 70 of the transportation
    26  law.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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