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                                  8632

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 23, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  "right on red" in Richmond county

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (d) of section 1111 of the vehi-
cle  and  traffic  law, as separately amended by chapters 230 and 420 of
the laws of 1980 and subparagraph c as added by chapter 317 of the  laws
of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2.   Except in [a city having a population of one million or more] THE
COUNTIES OF NEW YORK, KINGS, QUEENS AND BRONX, unless a sign is in place
prohibiting such turn:
  a. Traffic facing a steady circular red signal  may  cautiously  enter
the  intersection  to  make  a  right turn after stopping as required by
paragraph one of this subdivision, except that right turning traffic  is
not  required to stop when a steady right green arrow signal is shown at
the same time. Such traffic shall yield the right-of-way to  pedestrians
within  a  marked or unmarked crosswalk at the intersection and to other
traffic lawfully using the intersection;
  b. Traffic, while on a one-way roadway, facing a steady red signal may
cautiously enter the intersection to make a left  turn  onto  a  one-way
roadway after stopping as required by paragraph one of this subdivision.
Such traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a marked
or  unmarked crosswalk at the intersection and to other traffic lawfully
using the intersection.
  c. On or after the effective date of this subparagraph, the sign which
prohibits such turn  shall  be  prominently  displayed  from  all  newly
installed traffic signals where possible.
  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, any city having a popu-
lation of one million or more, is hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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adopt  a  local law authorizing subparagraph a or b of this paragraph to
be applicable within [such city] THE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK, KINGS, QUEENS
AND BRONX. Upon the adoption of such local law  the  exception  provided
herein for [a city having a population of one million or more] THE COUN-
TIES  OF NEW YORK, KINGS, QUEENS AND BRONX shall no longer be applicable
within such [city] COUNTIES.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.