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A04791 Summary:

BILL NOA04791
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08027
 
SPONSORBrown E
 
COSPNSRBeephan, Mikulin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1662-a, V & T L
 
Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of Lido Beach.
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A04791 Actions:

BILL NOA04791
 
02/06/2025referred to transportation
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A04791 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4791
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 6, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  E. BROWN,  BEEPHAN, MIKULIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
          the  town  of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed
          limit of less than thirty miles an hour for  certain  highways  within
          the community of Lido Beach
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended
     2  by chapter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any subur-
     4  ban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town  law  and  the
     5  town  board  of any other town having a population exceeding fifty thou-
     6  sand, with respect to highways (which term  for  the  purposes  of  this
     7  section  shall  include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf-
     8  fic) in such towns outside any village, other than state highways  main-
     9  tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have
    10  established  higher  or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five
    11  miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty
    12  of this title, or on which the department of transportation  shall  have
    13  designated  that  such towns shall not establish any maximum speed limit
    14  as provided in  section  sixteen  hundred  twenty-four  of  this  title,
    15  subject  to  the  limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-
    16  four of this title may by local law, ordinance,  order,  rule  or  regu-
    17  lation  establish  maximum  speed  limits  at which vehicles may proceed
    18  within such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or  along
    19  designated  highways  within  such towns lower than the fifty-five miles
    20  per hour  maximum  statutory  limit.  No  such  speed  limit  applicable
    21  throughout  such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall be
    22  established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that in  the
    23  town  of  Hempstead  speed  limits  may  be established at not less than
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04773-01-5

        A. 4791                             2
 
     1  fifteen miles per hour on any portion of  a  highway  in  the  community
     2  known  as Point Lookout and on all or any portion of the following high-
     3  ways in the community known as Lido  Beach:  Ocean  Boulevard,  Allevard
     4  Street, Bath Street, Buxton Street, Cheltenham Street, Pinehurst Street,
     5  Harrogate  Street,  Matlock  Street,  Nantwick  Street, Biarritz Street,
     6  Royat Street, Luchon Street, Woodhail Street, Leamington Street, Sarato-
     7  ga Street, Kensington Street, Blackheath Road, Lagoon  Drive  East,  and
     8  Prescott  Street;  provided,  however,  that no such speed limit in such
     9  town may be established unless a majority of the residents of each  such
    10  community  file  a  petition with the town board of such town requesting
    11  such speed limit. No such speed limit applicable on or along  designated
    12  highways within such towns shall be established at less than twenty-five
    13  miles  per  hour,  except that school speed limits may be established at
    14  not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to  exceed  one
    15  thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school build-
    16  ing,  entrance  or  exit of a school abutting on the highway, and except
    17  further that in the town of Hempstead speed limits may be established at
    18  not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway in  the
    19  communities  known  as  Point Lookout and Lido Beach; provided, however,
    20  that no such speed limit in such town may be established unless a major-
    21  ity of the residents of each such community file  a  petition  with  the
    22  town  board  of  such  town requesting such speed limit. No speed limits
    23  shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this  section  except
    24  in  accordance with the engineering considerations and factors for speed
    25  limits set forth in the manual and specifications for a  uniform  system
    26  of traffic control devices maintained by the commissioner of transporta-
    27  tion  pursuant  to section sixteen hundred eighty of this title, as such
    28  manual and specifications may be amended from time to time, certified by
    29  a licensed professional engineer who specializes in traffic operations.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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