Assembly Bill A2685

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts "Erin's Law"; requires crosswalks near athletic fields and playgrounds

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  • 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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2017-A2685 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7723
2015-2016: A5657

2017-A2685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Erin's Law"; requires crosswalks near athletic fields and playgrounds abutting roads; does not apply to restricted highways or where installation of a crosswalk would lead to an area that is unsafe for pedestrian traffic.

2017-A2685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2685
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  crosswalks
   near athletic fields and playgrounds
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Erin's law".
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section  137
 to read as follows:
   §  137.  CROSSWALKS  NEAR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS. 1. NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THERE SHALL  BE  AT
 LEAST  ONE CROSSWALK, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TEN OF THE VEHI-
 CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, LOCATED ACROSS EACH ROAD  THAT  ABUTS  AN  ATHLETIC
 FIELD OR PLAYGROUND.
   2.  THERE  SHALL BE LOCATED AT EACH CROSSWALK REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION
 ONE OR MORE  PEDESTRIAN  SIGNS  (R9-8)  OR  YIELD  TO  PEDESTRIAN  SIGNS
 (R1-5A),  COMPLIANT  WITH THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES,
 VISIBLE TO EACH DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC ALERTING DRIVERS TO YIELD TO PEDES-
 TRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESTRICTED HIGHWAYS.
   4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE INSTALLATION OF A  CROSSWALK
 WOULD LEAD TO AN AREA THAT IS UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07674-01-7

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