NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9514
SPONSOR: Blankenbush TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the town of Dekalb, in the county of
St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on certain public road-
ways
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
Allows the Town of Dekalb to lower the speed limit to 45 on Route 11,
beginning one-quarter mile north of the Route 11 East Dekalb Road inter-
section and ending one quarter mile South of the entrance to the
Hermon-DeKalb Central school athletic fields, in the town of Dekalb.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1: Pursuant to section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, this
legislation allows the Town of Dekalb in St. Lawrence County to lower
its speed limit from 55 to 45 MPH on Route 11, beginning one-quarter
mile north of the Route 11 East Dekalb Road intersection and ending one
quarter mile South of the entrance to the Hermon-DeKalb Central school
athletic fields, in the town of Dekalb in the town should they establish
such speed limit by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION::
This legislation, which is at the request of the Town of Dekalb, would
lower the speed limit on a section of Route 11 in the town, near the
Hermon-Dekalb Central School. This legislation empowers home rule to
this municipality to lower the speed of this road. DeKalb has had numer-
ous accidents including automobiles and pedestrians on this road that
runs near its central school, and this legislation is necessary to
preserve the safety of the residents .of the Canton community.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
None to the state. This legislation may have a positive fiscal impact on
the locality by reducing the number of traffic incidents on its roads.
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9514
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Dekalb, in the county of
St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on certain public
roadways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or code
2 to the contrary, the town board of the town of Dekalb in St. Lawrence
3 county, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish
4 maximum speed limits at not less than forty-five miles per hour along
5 United States route eleven, beginning one quarter mile north of the
6 United States route eleven and East Dekalb Road intersection and ending
7 one quarter mile south of the entrance to the Hermon-DeKalb Central
8 school athletic fields.
9 § 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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