S00523 Summary:

BILL NOS00523A
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORLIBOUS
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S331, Hway L; add S388, Pub Auth L
 
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation and the New York state thruway authority to implement a mileage-based exit numbering system along interstate highways located within the state.
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S00523 Actions:

BILL NOS00523A
 
01/07/2009REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/06/2010REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
03/17/2010AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
03/17/2010PRINT NUMBER 523A
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S00523 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00523 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         523--A
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered

          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  highway  law and the public authorities law, in
          relation to establishing a mileage-based numbering  system  for  exits
          along interstate highways within the state
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section  331  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 331. Mileage-based exit numbers; interstate highways. 1. The commis-
     4  sioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement a plan
     5  to  convert  exit  numbers along interstate highways located within this
     6  state to a mileage-based exit numbering system.  Such system shall:

     7    (a) follow, as closely as is practicable, the federal highway adminis-
     8  tration interchange exit numbering  system  of  mileage-based  reference
     9  post numbering;
    10    (b) follow the convention that such mileage-based exit numbering shall
    11  begin  at  the  southernmost  or westernmost terminus of such interstate
    12  highway; and
    13    (c) minimize cost by using existing roadside and  overhead  signs  and
    14  add-on plates to display new exit numbers whenever possible.
    15    2.  For  a period of two years following the completion of the conver-
    16  sion to the mileage-based exit numbering system made  pursuant  to  this
    17  section,  the  exit  number  of each exit prior to such conversion shall
    18  continue to be displayed at each such exit.

    19    3. The mileage-based exit numbering system set forth in  this  section
    20  shall be completed on or before January first, two thousand fourteen.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03676-02-0

        S. 523--A                           2
 
     1    § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 388
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 388. Mileage-based exit numbers; interstate highways. 1. The author-
     4  ity,  in  consultation  with the department of transportation, is hereby
     5  authorized and directed to develop and implement a plan to convert  exit

     6  numbers  along  interstate highways located within this state to a mile-
     7  age-based exit numbering system.  Such system shall:
     8    (a) follow, as closely as is practicable, the federal highway adminis-
     9  tration interchange exit numbering  system  of  mileage-based  reference
    10  post numbering;
    11    (b) follow the convention that such mileage-based exit numbering shall
    12  begin  at  the  southernmost  or westernmost terminus of such interstate
    13  highway; and
    14    (c) minimize cost by using existing roadside and  overhead  signs  and
    15  add-on plates to display new exit numbers whenever possible.
    16    2.  For  a period of two years following the completion of the conver-
    17  sion to the mileage-based exit numbering system made  pursuant  to  this

    18  section,  the  exit  number  of each exit prior to such conversion shall
    19  continue to be displayed at each such exit.
    20    3. The mileage-based exit numbering system set forth in  this  section
    21  shall be completed on or before January first, two thousand fourteen.
    22    §  3.  The  commissioner of transportation and the chairman of the New
    23  York state thruway authority  shall  work  in  cooperation  and  jointly
    24  establish  uniform  standards  and  signage  for  the mileage-based exit
    25  number required by the provisions of this act.
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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