Senate Bill S3528A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S3528 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6647
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1161, V & T L

2013-S3528 - Summary

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours.

2013-S3528 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3528 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3528

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. FUSCHILLO, ADAMS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, SAVINO -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
  U turns in school zones during posted hours

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

  Section  1. Section 1161 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 157 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. A. No motor vehicle shall
make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest
of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any
other motor  vehicle  approaching  from  either  direction  within  five
hundred feet.
  B.  NO  MOTOR  VEHICLE SHALL MAKE A U TURN WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE DURING
POSTED HOURS. SUCH SCHOOL ZONE AND HOURS SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY  SIGNAGE
CONSISTENT WITH 17 NYCRR CHAPTER V, SECTION 7B.09.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07107-02-3


              

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2013-S3528A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6647
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1161, V & T L

2013-S3528A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours.

2013-S3528A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3528A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3528--A
    Cal. No. 339

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. FUSCHILLO, ADAMS, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, LARKIN,
  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed  to  the  Committee  on Transportation -- reported favorably
  from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
  third  reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the Assembly,
  recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,  amended  and
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
  U turns in school zones during posted hours

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

  Section  1. Section 1161 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 157 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. A. No motor vehicle shall
make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest
of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any
other motor  vehicle  approaching  from  either  direction  within  five
hundred feet.
  B. NO MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL MAKE A U TURN WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE.  FOR THE
PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM "SCHOOL ZONE" SHALL MEAN THE
DISTANCE ALONG A HIGHWAY PASSING A SCHOOL BUILDING, ENTRANCE OR EXIT  OF
A SCHOOL ABUTTING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR WHICH A SCHOOL SIGN (S1-1) HAS BEEN
POSTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANUAL ON
UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07107-03-3


              

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