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A02388 Summary:

BILL NOA02388
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06710
 
SPONSORBrabenec
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1662-a, V & T L
 
Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits.
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A02388 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2388
 
SPONSOR: Brabenec
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating speed limits in cities, towns, or villages   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes all towns to establish speed limits.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to allow for all towns to establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on highways within such towns lower than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory limit. Also any town which establishes speed limits shall pass a town board resolution and then register with the department of transportation.   JUSTIFICATION: No one knows better about how to maintain, enforce laws and respond to public concern regarding locally town owned roads than the munici- palities who own them. Towns should have the ability to set speed limits on town owned roads.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2024: A5407he1d for consideration in Transportation   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall effect immediately, provided, however, that the commis- sioner of motor vehicles and the commissioner of transportation shall promulgate any necessary rules, regulations or amendments necessary for the Implementation of this act.
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A02388 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2388
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to regulating
          speed limits in cities, towns, or villages
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The first undesignated paragraph of section 1662-a of the
     2  vehicle and traffic law is designated subdivision 1 and a  new  subdivi-
     3  sion 2 is added to read as follows:
     4    2.  Each  city, town, or village in the state of New York may by local
     5  law establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed  on  or
     6  along  such  city,  town,  or  village  highways  in such city, town, or
     7  village other than state or county highways maintained by the  state  or
     8  county  department  of  transportation,  lower than fifty-five miles per
     9  hour statutory maximum speed limit. No such speed limit applicable on or
    10  along such designated highways within such city, town, or village  shall
    11  be  established  at  less  than  twenty-five miles per hour, except that
    12  school speed limits may be established at not less  than  fifteen  miles
    13  per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty
    14  feet,  on  a  highway  passing  a school building, entrance or exit of a
    15  school abutting on the highway.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01102-01-5
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