STATE OF NEW YORK
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6488
IN SENATE
January 29, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to authorizing the
operation of pickup trucks and vans, having a gross vehicle weight
rating of eight thousand pounds or less, upon special parkways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 71 of the transportation law, as
2 added by chapter 370 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
3 5. To limit or prohibit travel by types or classes of commercial vehi-
4 cles as may be required due to roadway design or safety considerations[,
5 and to]; provided, however, that the commissioner shall not limit or
6 prohibit the travel of any type or class of commercial vehicle that
7 includes pickup trucks and vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of
8 eight thousand pounds or less. In addition, the commissioner may estab-
9 lish speed limits and standards of travel safety on all such special
10 parkways designated by this article.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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