Relates to establishing a state wide school zone speed limit with respect to any public highway passing or abutting on the entrance or exit of a private or public, elementary or secondary school building.

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A4569-2011 Actions

• Feb 4, 2011: referred to transportation

A4569-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    4569

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 4, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHROEDER  --  read once and referred to the
    Committee on Transportation

  AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
    a state-wide school zone speed limit for all  schools  located  within
    the state of New York

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
  section 1629-a to read as follows:

    S  1629-A.  SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
  WITH RESPECT TO ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY PASSING OR ABUTTING ON  THE  ENTRANCE
  OR EXIT OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHALL BY
  ORDER,  RULE  OR  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISH  A STATE-WIDE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED
  LIMIT TO BE POSTED AT A  DISTANCE  NOT  TO  EXCEED  ONE  THOUSAND  THREE
  HUNDRED TWENTY FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE OR EXIT OF SUCH BUILDING.
    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
  have become a law.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD06838-01-1