STATE OF NEW YORK
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4488--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, DILAN, DeFRANCISCO, ESPAILLAT, GRIFFO,
JOHNSON, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, RANZENHOFER, SAMPSON,
STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signs on
school buses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subdi-
2 vision 20 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph 1
3 of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1992 and para-
4 graph (c) as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1973, are amended and
5 a new subparagraph (1-a) is added to paragraph (b) to read as follows:
6 (1) In addition to such signal lamps, two signs shall be conspicuously
7 displayed on the exterior of every such omnibus designating it as a
8 school omnibus by the use of the words "SCHOOL BUS" which shall be
9 painted or otherwise inscribed thereon in black letters. Such letters
10 shall be of uniform size, at least eight inches in height, and each
11 stroke of each letter shall be not less than one inch in width. The
12 background of each such sign shall be painted or otherwise applied in
13 the color known as "national school bus chrome." For each such omnibus
14 having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen children, such signs
15 shall be securely mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall be
16 affixed on the front and one on the rear thereof. For each such omnibus
17 having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen children, such signs
18 shall be securely mounted on top of such vehicle, one of which shall
19 face the front and one of which shall face the rear thereof. Each such
20 sign shall be visible and readable from a point at least two hundred
21 feet distant.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (1-a) Any sign required pursuant to subparagraph one of this paragraph
2 may be constructed with reflectorized Type III material consistent with
3 49 CFR 571.131 S6.1 table 1.
4 (c) In the event such vehicle is operated on a public highway during
5 the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
6 sunrise, the signs required by paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall
7 be illuminated as to be visible from a point at least five hundred feet
8 distant, provided however that if a material is used pursuant to subpar-
9 agraph one-a of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, no such illumination
10 shall be required.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
13 motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any necessary rules and regu-
14 lations for the implementation of this act.
