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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  maximum
  vehicle length

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2003, is
amended to read as follows:
  (c) The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than  seven
passengers  shall  not exceed forty-five feet, except that the length of
articulated buses shall not exceed sixty-two feet AND THE  LENGTH  OF  A
BUS  OPERATED  PURSUANT TO OR REQUIRING A PERMIT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO OF  THE  TRANSPORTATION  LAW,  SHALL  NOT
EXCEED  FORTY-EIGHT  FEET,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH BUS: (I) HAS SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED A NEW YORK STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  ADMINISTERED
SAFETY  INSPECTION; (II) HAS WALL-TO-WALL TURNING DIAMETER NOT EXCEEDING
NINETY FEET THREE INCHES; AND (III) HAS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO ITS  BODY
ON  THE  FRONT  PASSENGER  SIDE DOOR JAMB, A DATA-PLATE ON WHICH THE BUS
MANUFACTURER   INDICATES   THE   VEHICLE   IDENTIFICATION   NUMBER   AND
WALL-TO-WALL  TURNING DIAMETER AND ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT THE WALL-TO-
WALL TURNING DIAMETER IS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  SOCIETY  OF
AUTOMOTIVE  ENGINEERS J-695 STANDARD AS SUCH STANDARD EXISTED ON JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, REGARDING TURNING  CAPABILITY  OR  THE  NEW
YORK  STATE  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DETERMINES THAT SUCH BUS IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE WALL-TO-WALL TURNING  DIAMETER  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE
DEPARTMENT'S  SAFETY  INSPECTION  OF  SUCH  BUS. A house coach shall not
exceed forty-five feet in length, provided  however,  that  if  a  house
coach  exceeds  forty  feet in length, its wall-to-wall turning diameter
shall not exceed ninety feet three inches and moreover, such house coach

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

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shall have permanently affixed to its body on the front  passenger  side
door  jamb, a data-plate on which the house coach manufacturer indicates
the vehicle identification number and wall-to-wall turning diameter  and
attests to the fact that the wall-to-wall turning diameter is calculated
in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers J-695 Standard as
such standard existed on June first, two thousand three, regarding turn-
ing  capability.  In the event such a house coach exceeds either twenty-
six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating, is greater  than  forty
feet  in  length  or exceeds both, the operator of such house coach must
have a driver's license with a personal use vehicle endorsement  as  set
forth  in  subparagraph  (vii)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of
section five hundred one of [the] this chapter. This provision shall not
apply to any city not wholly included  within  one  county  except  such
house  coaches and fifth wheel trailers used for non-commercial purposes
may be operated on that portion of interstate ninety-five which connects
interstate two hundred eighty-seven with interstate two hundred  ninety-
five,  that portion of interstate two hundred ninety-five which connects
interstate ninety-five with interstate four hundred ninety-five and that
portion of interstate four hundred ninety-five between interstate  nine-
ty-five and the Nassau-Queens county line.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.