STATE OF NEW YORK
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1801
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to enabling safe access to
public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design princi-
ples
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 331 of the highway law, as added
2 by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
3 (a) For all state, county and local transportation projects that are
4 undertaken by the department or receive both federal and state funding
5 and are subject to department of transportation oversight, the depart-
6 ment or agency with jurisdiction over such projects shall consider the
7 convenient access and mobility on the road network by all users of all
8 ages, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transpor-
9 tation users through the use of complete street design features in the
10 planning, design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation, [but
11 not including resurfacing, maintenance, or pavement recycling of such
12 projects] resurfacing, maintenance and pavement recycling.
13 § 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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