NY State Senate Bill 2013-S6825A

Senate Bill S6825A

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Extends duration of time during which a vehicle that does not meet specified requirements may obtain a permit to cross an R-posted bridge

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9618 - Signed by Governor

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 11, 2014	signed chap.277
Aug 01, 2014	delivered to governor
Jun 17, 2014	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1472 substituted for s6825a
Jun 17, 2014	substituted by a9618a ordered to third reading cal.1472 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 02, 2014	print number 6825a
Jun 02, 2014	amend and recommit to transportation
Mar 13, 2014	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 17, 2014 - Floor Vote
  A9618
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 17, 2014
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      nay (3)
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Perkins
      
      Squadron
      
      excused (3)
      
      Golden
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Smith
  Jun 16, 2014 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6825A
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 16, 2014
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Krueger
      
      excused (1)
      
      Hassell-Thompson

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2013-S6825 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9618
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §385, V & T L

2013-S6825 - Summary

Extends duration of time during which a vehicle that does not meet specified requirements may obtain a permit to cross an R-posted bridge.

2013-S6825 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6825

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to vehicle fitness for crossing R-posted bridges

PURPOSE:

To extend the date of retrofitting compliance from December 31, 2014
to December 31, 2019.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 stipulates requirements for 2006 model-year and newer
vehicles for the purpose of obtaining divisible load permits. Amends
Section 385.15 (f) of the Vehicle & Traffic Law by extending the date
to comply with divisible load vehicle requirements to December 31,
2019. These vehicles are given until December 31, 2019 to fully
retrofit to comply with weight distributional load requirements.

Section 2 is the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:

Current law requires "infrastructure-friendly vehicle requirements"
that are meant to reduce adverse impacts on transportation
infrastructure as a result of use by heavy trucks. In recognition of

the fact that these requirements necessitate expensive retrofitting,
pre model-year 2006 vehicles are given an exemption until December 31,
2014, after which, will require partial retrofitting.

JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is necessary because multiple deadlines are not
practical nor financially feasible for companies with fleets of pre
model-year 2006 divisible load vehicles. They are given until the end
of 2014 to partially retrofit them, and until 2019 to install all
necessary upgrades. It is not worth it to partially upgrade these aged
vehicles, only to perform a full upgrade five years later, at which
time the vehicle will be completely obsolete and will need to be
replaced. Instead of a two-step retrofit, this legislation would
extend the December 31, 2014 deadline to December 31, 2019, bringing
it into conformity with the deadline for the weight distributional
load requirement. This legislation allows each company to choose which
method best fits its needs and helps avoid undue financial hardship.
It also offers more time to save the necessary capital to either fully
retrofit older vehicles or replace them entirely.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


Immediate.

2013-S6825 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6825

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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  vehicle
  fitness for crossing R-posted bridges

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

  Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph (f) of subdi-
vision 15 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
section  4  of  part  C of chapter 59 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
  No vehicle having a model year of two thousand six or newer  shall  be
issued  a  permit  pursuant  to  this paragraph unless each axle of such
vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than  steerable  or  trackable
axles,  is  equipped  with  two  tires on each side of the axle, any air
pressure controls for lift axles are located  outside  the  cab  of  the
vehicle and are beyond the reach of occupants of the cab while the vehi-
cle  is  in  motion,  the weight on any grouping of two or more axles is
distributed such that no axle in the grouping carries less  than  eighty
percent  of  any  other  axle  in  the grouping and any liftable axle is
steerable or trackable; and, further provided,  after  December  thirty-
first,  two  thousand  [fourteen]  NINETEEN,  no  permit shall be issued
pursuant to this paragraph to a vehicle of any model year that does  not
meet the requirements of this provision, except that such permits may be
issued  prior  to  January  first, two thousand twenty to a vehicle that
does not meet the requirement concerning axle grouping  weight  distrib-
ution, but meets all other requirements of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14413-01-4

co-Sponsors

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9618
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §385, V & T L

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends duration of time during which a vehicle that does not meet specified requirements may obtain a permit to cross an R-posted bridge.

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6825A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to vehicle fitness for crossing R-posted bridges

PURPOSE:

To extend the date of retrofitting compliance from December 31, 2014
to December 31, 2019.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 stipulates  requirements for 2006 model-year and newer
vehicles for the purpose of obtaining divisible load permits. Amends
Section 385.15 (f) of the Vehicle & Traffic Law by extending the date
to comply with divisible load vehicle requirements to December 31,
2019. These vehicles are given until December 31, 2019 to fully
retrofit to comply with weight distributional load requirements.

Section 2 requires this act to be deemed repealed if any federal
agency or court of competent jurisdiction determines that this act
would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal
funds.

Section 3 allows for severability if any part of this act is
determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid.

Section 4 provides the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:

Current law requires "infrastructure-friendly vehicle requirements"
that are meant to reduce adverse impacts on transportation
infrastructure as a result of use by heavy trucks. In recognition of
the fact that these requirements necessitate expensive retrofitting,
pre model-year 2006 vehicles are given an exemption until December 31,
2014, after which, will require partial retrofitting.

JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is necessary because multiple deadlines are not
practical nor financially feasible for companies with fleets of pre
model-year 2006 divisible load vehicles. They are given until the end
of 2014 to partially retrofit them, and until 2019 to install all
necessary upgrades. It is not worth it to partially upgrade these aged
vehicles, only to perform a full upgrade five years later, at which
time the vehicle will be completely obsolete and will need to be
replaced. Instead of a two-step retrofit, this legislation would
extend the December 31, 2014 deadline to December 31, 2019, bringing
it into conformity with the deadline for the weight distributional
load requirement. This legislation allows each company to choose which
method best fits its needs and helps avoid undue financial hardship.
It also offers more time to save the necessary capital to either fully
retrofit older vehicles or replace them entirely.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediate.

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6825--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  LARKIN,  YOUNG -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
  portation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  vehicle
  fitness for crossing R-posted bridges

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

  Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph (f) of subdi-
vision 15 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
section  4  of  part  C of chapter 59 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
  No vehicle having a model year of two thousand six or newer  shall  be
issued  a  permit  pursuant  to  this paragraph unless each axle of such
vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than  steerable  or  trackable
axles,  is  equipped  with  two  tires on each side of the axle, any air
pressure controls for lift axles are located  outside  the  cab  of  the
vehicle and are beyond the reach of occupants of the cab while the vehi-
cle  is  in  motion,  the weight on any grouping of two or more axles is
distributed such that no axle in the grouping carries less  than  eighty
percent  of  any  other  axle  in  the grouping and any liftable axle is
steerable or trackable; and, further provided,  after  December  thirty-
first,  two  thousand  [fourteen]  NINETEEN,  no  permit shall be issued
pursuant to this paragraph to a vehicle of any model year that does  not
meet the requirements of this provision, except that such permits may be
issued  prior  to  January  first, two thousand twenty to a vehicle that
does not meet the requirement concerning axle grouping  weight  distrib-
ution, but meets all other requirements of this section.
  S  2.  This  act shall be deemed repealed if any federal agency or any
court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this  act  would
render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds.
  S  3.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
diction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invali-

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

                                                           LBD14413-03-4

S. 6825--A                          2

date the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in  its  operation  to
the  clause,  sentence,  subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
been rendered.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored By

James L. Seward

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9618 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

William Larkin

Catharine Young

2013-S6825 - Details

2013-S6825 - Summary

2013-S6825 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6825 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

John J. Bonacic

William Larkin

Catharine Young

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6825A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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