New York A 6124: Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality

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A06124 Summary:

BILL NOA06124 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRBurdick, Smullen, Blankenbush, Hawley, Miller, DeStefano, Morinello, Manktelow

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §72-s, Gen Muni L; amd §14, Transp L

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Authorizes the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads located within such municipality; empowers the state commissioner of transportation to develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing municipalities to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located within the municipality.

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BILL NOA06124 

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02/26/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6124

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BURDICK, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY,
 MILLER, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
 the posting by each municipality of turtle crossing signs on local
 roads located within such municipality; and to amend the transporta-
 tion law, in relation to empowering the state commissioner of trans-
 portation to develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing
 each municipality to post turtle crossing signs on local roads located
 within such municipality

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 72-s to read as follows:
 3 § 72-s. Wildlife caution signs. Each municipal corporation, acting
 4 through its governing board, may, by resolution or local law, authorize
 5 the posting by such municipality of turtle crossing signs on local roads
 6 situated within such municipality in conformity with regulations promul-
 7 gated by the state commissioner of transportation pursuant to subdivi-
 8 sion thirty-seven of section fourteen of the transportation law.
 9 § 2. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision 37 to read as follows:
 11 37. To develop and implement rules and regulations authorizing each
 12 municipal corporation, as defined in section two of the general munici-
 13 pal law, to post turtle crossing signs on local roads situated within
 14 such municipality in accordance with the provisions of section seventy-
 15 two-s of the general municipal law. Such regulations shall assure that
 16 the signs shall be in conformity with rules and regulations promulgated
 17 by the Federal Highway Administration regarding warning or caution
 18 signs.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10213-01-5

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