Int. No. 1155-A
By Council Members Ignizio, Oddo, Jackson, James, Koo, Wills, Rodriguez, Gentile, Van Bramer, Barron, Greenfield, Koppell and Williams
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to right turns from bus lanes.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 19-175.4 to read as follows:
§19-175.4 Right turns from bus lanes. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, when bus lane restrictions are in effect on a street, it shall not be a violation of law for a vehicle to drive in such a lane where such vehicle enters the lane and makes the next permissible right turn onto a street under the jurisdiction of the commissioner and designated on the map of the city of New York, except that this section shall not be deemed to permit a vehicle to drive through an intersection under the jurisdiction of the commissioner in such bus lane without making a turn.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect one hundred eighty days after its enactment.
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