File #: Int 0873-2012    Version: * Name: Traffic devices and signals.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 6/13/2012
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to traffic devices and signals.
Sponsors: Fernando Cabrera , Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, Annabel Palma, Deborah L. Rose, Ruben Wills, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Daniel J. Halloran III, Eric A. Ulrich
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Int. No. 873
 
By Council Members Cabrera, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Palma, Rose, Wills, Rodriguez, Halloran and Ulrich.
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to traffic devices and signals.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 19-101 of subchapter one of chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions i and j to read as follows:
i. "Traffic control device" shall mean any such device as defined in section 153 of the vehicle and traffic law.
j. "Traffic control signal" shall mean any such signal as defined in section 154 of the vehicle and traffic law.
§ 2. Subchapter one of chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-155 to read as follows:
§ 19-155  Fallen traffic control repair. The department shall respond to and commence repair of any fallen traffic control device or traffic control signal within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of such a fallen device or signal.
§ 3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
 
 
 
 
 
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5/24/12