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                                 5774--A
    Cal. No. 999

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 2, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
  mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged and said bill committed to  the
  Committee  on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to require the department of transportation  to  determine  which
  entrances to parkways in the county of Westchester are most frequently
  accessed  by  oversized  commercial  vehicles  and  to install certain
  barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances

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

  Section  1.  The New York state department of transportation is hereby
authorized and directed, within one hundred twenty days of the enactment
of this act, to study and determine which entrances to special  parkways
in  the county of Westchester are most frequently accessed by commercial
motor vehicles and, within one year of  making  such  determination,  to
install physical barriers to prevent or otherwise hinder such commercial
motor vehicles from accessing such special parkway entrances.
  2.  The  commissioner of transportation may request, and is authorized
to receive, from any department, division, board, bureau, commission  or
other agency of the state or any state public authority such information
and  data  as  will  enable the department of transportation to properly
conduct its study and make its determination. Such information and  data
received  by  the  department  of transportation shall be subject to the
same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
are applicable to the use of such information and data  by  the  depart-
ment,  division,  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state
or state public authority which provided such information and data.
  3. For the purposes of this act, the following terms  shall  have  the
following meanings:

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

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  (a)  "commercial  motor  vehicle"  shall have the same meaning as such
term is defined in subdivision 4 of section 501-a  of  the  vehicle  and
traffic law, provided that such vehicle is also of a height that exceeds
the clearance of bridges located on such special parkways; and
  (b)  "special  parkways"  shall mean the roadways within the county of
Westchester designated and set forth in section 70 of the transportation
law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.