New York A 5519: Relates to stopping for a school bus on a public highway with six or more lanes

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A05519 Summary:

BILL NOA05519 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDurso

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1174, V & T L

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Permits passing a school bus on a public highway with six or more lanes when traveling the opposite direction of the stopped school bus while separated from such school bus by a median or permanent barrier.

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BILL NOA05519 

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02/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5519

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to stopping for
 a school bus on a public highway with six or more lanes

 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 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 597 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (a) The driver of a vehicle upon a public highway, street or private
 5 road upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus
 6 marked and equipped as provided in subdivision twenty of section three
 7 hundred seventy-five of this chapter which has stopped on the public
 8 highway, street or private road for the purpose of receiving or
 9 discharging any passengers, or which has stopped because a school bus in
 10 front of it has stopped to receive or discharge any passengers, shall
 11 stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus when there is in opera-
 12 tion on said school bus a red visual signal as specified in subdivision
 13 twenty of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter and said
 14 driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until
 15 signaled by the driver or a police officer to proceed. Provided, howev-
 16 er, that a vehicle shall not be required to stop for a school bus which
 17 is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passengers
 18 when such vehicle is traveling on a public highway composed of at least
 19 six lanes, is traveling in the opposite direction of the stopped school
 20 bus and is separated from such school bus by a median or permanent
 21 barrier. For the purposes of this section, and in addition to the
 22 provisions of section one hundred thirty-four of this chapter, the term
 23 "public highway" shall mean any area used for the parking of motor vehi-
 24 cles or used as a driveway located on the grounds of a school or of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05432-01-5

 A. 5519 2

 1 board of cooperative educational services facility or any area used as a
 2 means of access to and egress from such school or facility.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 4 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 5 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 6 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 7 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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