STATE OF NEW YORK
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1362--A
Cal. No. 23
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. DILAN, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending
the maximum length of vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) The length of a single vehicle, inclusive of load and bumpers,
5 shall be not more than forty feet unless otherwise provided in this
6 subdivision. For specialized material delivery vehicles, which include
7 articulating boom trucks and piggy-back trucks (flat bed trucks with
8 forklifts or motifs attached), the length of a single vehicle, measured
9 from bumper to bumper, shall not be more than forty feet; however,
10 provided that the operator of the vehicle is a CDL operator, the vehicle
11 can have an additional five feet of overhang, for a total length of no
12 more than forty-five feet. Overhang is defined as the portion of a vehi-
13 cle that extends beyond the rear bumper or the portion of a boom, fork-
14 lift or other device that extends beyond the rear bumper.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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