BILL NUMBER: S90
SPONSOR: TEDISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed limits
on state highways
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To give municipalities the option of setting speed limits on portions of
state highways located within the municipality after conducting traff-
ic-engineering studies.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision (a) of section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002 to state that a maximum speed
limit may-be established pursuant to an engineering and/or traffic
investigation authorized or performed by the department of transporta-
tion or the municipality within which the section of state highway
subject to such maximum speed limit is located.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Many local governments have faced great difficulties in their attempts
to alter the speed limit within their jurisdiction. This bill would
allow local governments greater latitude in setting speed limits on the
portions of state highways that run through their locality. The
provision regarding a traffic study ensures that these changes are not
made precipitously.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
02/21/17: S.4605 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/03/18: S.4605 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/09/19: S.555 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/08/20: S.555 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/06/21: S.223 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/05/22: S.223 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/04/23: S.46 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/03/24: S.46 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take place on the first October next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S90: 1620 vehicle and traffic law, 1624 vehicle and traffic law