STATE OF NEW YORK
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279
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting
travel in designated bus lanes under certain conditions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1116-a to read as follows:
3 § 1116-a. Travel in designated bus lanes. 1. Notwithstanding any law,
4 rule or regulation to the contrary, when designated bus lane
5 restrictions are in effect on a street in a mixed residential and
6 commercial zone, except during rush hour, it shall not be a violation of
7 law for a vehicle to drive in such designated bus lane provided such
8 vehicle is at a distance of not less than two hundred fifty feet in
9 front and ahead of a bus in the designated bus lane and the driver of
10 the vehicle promptly exits the bus lane, thereby leaving the designated
11 bus lane free and clear for the bus.
12 2. For purposes of this section, "rush hour" shall mean the hours of
13 six a.m. through ten a.m. Monday through Friday and four p.m. through
14 seven p.m. Monday through Friday or the period, as designated by the
15 local transit authority, when bus service provided is at its peak
16 levels.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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