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                                   2289
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  maximum
   vehicle length
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2003, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) The length of buses having a carrying capacity of more than  seven
 passengers  shall  not exceed forty-five feet, except that the length of
 articulated buses shall not exceed sixty-two feet AND THE  LENGTH  OF  A
 BUS  OPERATED  PURSUANT TO OR REQUIRING A PERMIT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO OF  THE  TRANSPORTATION  LAW,  SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED  FORTY-EIGHT  FEET,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH BUS: (I) HAS SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETED A NEW YORK STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  ADMINISTERED
 SAFETY  INSPECTION; (II) HAS WALL-TO-WALL TURNING DIAMETER NOT EXCEEDING
 NINETY FEET THREE INCHES; AND (III) HAS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO ITS  BODY
 ON  THE  FRONT  PASSENGER  SIDE DOOR JAMB, A DATA-PLATE ON WHICH THE BUS
 MANUFACTURER INDICATES THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  AND  WALL-TO-
 WALL  TURNING  DIAMETER  AND  ATTESTS  TO THE FACT THAT THE WALL-TO-WALL
 TURNING DIAMETER IS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMO-
 TIVE ENGINEERS J-695 STANDARD AS SUCH STANDARD EXISTED ON JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, REGARDING TURNING CAPABILITY  OR  THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH  BUS IS IN
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE WALL-TO-WALL TURNING  DIAMETER  REQUIREMENT  IN  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  SAFETY  INSPECTION  OF  SUCH  BUS. A house coach shall not
 exceed forty-five feet in length, provided  however,  that  if  a  house
 coach  exceeds  forty  feet in length, its wall-to-wall turning diameter
 shall not exceed ninety feet three inches and moreover, such house coach
 shall have permanently affixed to its body on the front  passenger  side
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 2289                             2
 
 door  jamb, a data-plate on which the house coach manufacturer indicates
 the vehicle identification number and wall-to-wall turning diameter  and
 attests to the fact that the wall-to-wall turning diameter is calculated
 in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers J-695 Standard as
 such standard existed on June first, two thousand three, regarding turn-
 ing  capability.  In the event such a house coach exceeds either twenty-
 six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating, is greater  than  forty
 feet  in  length  or exceeds both, the operator of such house coach must
 have a driver's license with a personal use vehicle endorsement  as  set
 forth  in  subparagraph  (vii)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of
 section five hundred one of [the] this chapter. This provision shall not
 apply to any city not wholly included  within  one  county  except  such
 house  coaches and fifth wheel trailers used for non-commercial purposes
 may be operated on that portion of interstate ninety-five which connects
 interstate two hundred eighty-seven with interstate two hundred  ninety-
 five,  that portion of interstate two hundred ninety-five which connects
 interstate ninety-five with interstate four hundred ninety-five and that
 portion of interstate four hundred ninety-five between interstate  nine-
 ty-five and the Nassau-Queens county line.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.