Assembly Bill A6647A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3528 - 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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2013-A6647 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3528
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1161, V & T L

2013-A6647 - Summary

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours.

2013-A6647 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6647

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred 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-A6647A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3528
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1161, V & T L

2013-A6647A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits U turns within a school zone during posted hours.

2013-A6647A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6647--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Transportation  --  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  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.
                                                           LBD07107-04-3

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