STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4968--A A. 7142--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 27, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, LANZA -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS, BROOK-KRASNY, ORTIZ,
TITONE, BORELLI, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
vehicles containing three or more passengers to utilize the high occu-
pancy vehicle lane on the Staten Island expressway
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 12 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new section 397-c to read as follows:
3 § 397-c. Utilization of the high occupancy vehicle lane on the Staten
4 Island expressway. The department of transportation shall allow vehicles
5 containing three or more passengers going either northbound or south-
6 bound on interstate two hundred seventy-eight through the county of
7 Richmond, for those portions of such interstate known as the Staten
8 Island expressway and containing a high occupancy vehicle lane, to
9 utilize such lane twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. The
10 department shall open and maintain such lane during the time specified
11 herein, excepting only for emergencies, necessary road work and repairs.
12 § 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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