S391-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Extends the maximum length of specialized material delivery vehicles to forty-five feet

Extends the maximum length of specialized material delivery vehicles to forty-five feet.

Sponsor: DILAN / Committee: TRANSPORTATION
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Amd S385, V & T L

S391-2013 Actions

Mar 4, 2013: referred to transportation
Mar 4, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 4, 2013: PASSED SENATE
Feb 5, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 4, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jan 29, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.11
Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S391-2013 Meetings

Transportation: Jan 29, 2013

S391-2013 Calendars

Active List: Mar 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 5, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 11, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 12, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 27, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 28, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 4, 2013

S391-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Transportation - Jan 29, 2013

Ayes (19): Fuschillo, Robach, Carlucci, Gallivan, Larkin, Maziarz, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Ranzenhofer, Smith, Young, Zeldin, Dilan, Diaz, Kennedy, Perkins, Squadron, Stavisky, Gipson

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Mar 4, 2013

Ayes (58): Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Boyle, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Felder, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Gipson, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Hoylman, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, Latimer, Little, Marcellino, Marchione, Martins, Maziarz, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Brien, O'Mara, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Sampson, Sanders, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Tkaczyk, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (1): LaValle
Absent (1): Parker
Excused (3): Adams, Diaz, Libous

S391-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S391

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending the
maximum length of vehicles

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To extend the maximum length of vehicles to allow some specialized
maintenance vehicles the ability to operate without penalty.

JUSTIFICATION:
In 2003 New York state authorized recreational vehicles (RV's) up to
45 feet in length to travel on highways to aid tourism in the state.
This bill would allow for specialized delivery vehicles that carry
building materials to be a maximum of 45 feet, including 5 feet of
overhang, provided that such vehicle was operated by a CDL licensed
driver. All of these vehicles, when manufactured, fall under the less
than 40 foot rule but become illegal when outfitted with a boom or
piggyback. By allowing these vehicles to have the extra overhang,
vehicles that are essential to worker safety and critical to the
delivery of materials for construction projects will not continue to
be subject to unnecessary fines. If untrained recreational drivers
are able to legally navigate on state roads, then professionals
should be given the same allowance.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011 - S.1362A/A.4505A - Passed Senate
2010 - S.7970/A.11189

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

S391-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                           391
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- 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  extending
 the maximum length of vehicles
 

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

 

Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is
 amended to read as follows:

 (a) The length of a single vehicle, inclusive  of  load  and  bumpers,
 shall  be  not  more  than  forty feet unless otherwise provided in this
 subdivision.  FOR SPECIALIZED MATERIAL DELIVERY VEHICLES, WHICH  INCLUDE
 ARTICULATING  BOOM  TRUCKS  AND  PIGGY-BACK TRUCKS (FLAT BED TRUCKS WITH
 FORKLIFTS OR MOTIFS ATTACHED), THE LENGTH OF A SINGLE VEHICLE,  MEASURED
 FROM  BUMPER  TO  BUMPER,  SHALL  NOT  BE MORE THAN FORTY FEET; HOWEVER,
 PROVIDED THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE IS A CDL OPERATOR, THE VEHICLE
 CAN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET OF OVERHANG, FOR A TOTAL LENGTH  OF  NO
 MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE FEET. OVERHANG IS DEFINED AS THE PORTION OF A VEHI
 CLE  THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER OR THE PORTION OF A BOOM, FORK
 LIFT OR OTHER DEVICE THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00604-01-3

S391-2013: Extends the maximum length of specialized material delivery vehicles to forty-five feet