Provides that the maximum vehicle length for special use buses shall be forty-eight feet and its wall-to-wall turning diameter shall not exceed ninety feet three inches.

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A7026-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to transportation
• Jun 13, 2011: reported referred to rules
• Jun 9, 2011: print number 7026b
• Jun 9, 2011: amend and recommit to transportation
• May 26, 2011: print number 7026a
• May 26, 2011: amend and recommit to transportation
• Apr 11, 2011: referred to transportation

A7026-2011 Text

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

                                    7026

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                               April 11, 2011
                                 ___________

  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] FIFTY feet, except that the
  length of articulated buses shall not exceed sixty-two feet.    A  house
  coach  shall  not  exceed  [forty-five]  FIFTY  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 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 Automo-
  tive Engineers J-695 Standard as such standard existed  on  June  first,
  two  thousand  three,  regarding turning 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

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04432-01-1

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  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 ninety-five and the Nassau-
  Queens county line.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.