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Signage on School Buses Equipped with Wheelchairs

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9/17/14 N.Y. St. Reg. MTV-37-14-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 37

September 17, 2014

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

I.D No. MTV-37-14-00010-P

Signage on School Buses Equipped with Wheelchairs

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

This is a consensus rule making to amend section 46.11 of Title 15 NYCRR.

Statutory authority:

Vehicle and Traffic Law, sections 215(a) and 375(20(b)(2)

Subject:

Signage on school buses equipped with wheelchairs.

Purpose:

To conform signage on school buses related to persons with disabilities with the signage mandated by the Secretary of State.

Text of proposed rule:

Subdivision (d) and the last unnumbered paragraph of section 46.11 are amended to read as follows:

(d) On or after November 22, 2014, any new signage relating to accessibility that is installed or replaced on a school bus, which is equipped with a lift to facilitate the transportation of children with disabilities shall display the logo designated by the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred one of the Executive Law.

The symbol or signage may be a decal or a sign or may be painted on the bus.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:

Heidi Bazicki, Department of Motor Vehicles, 6 Empire State Plaza, Rm. 522A, Albany, NY 12228, (518) 474-0871, email: [email protected]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Ida L. Traschen, Same as above.

Public comment will be received until:

45 days after publication of this notice.

This rule was not under consideration at the time this agency submitted its Regulatory Agenda for publication in the Register.

Consensus Rule Making Determination

Chapter 190 of the Laws of 2014, effective November 22, 2014, requires the Secretary of State to provide that wherever the current universal access of a figure in a wheelchair appears, such symbol shall instead depict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement. This law also amends section 375(20)(b)(2) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a regulation requiring that any new signage replaced or installed on a school bus equipped with a wheelchair to conform to the new universal symbol designated by the Secretary of State.

The purpose of this rule is provide that on or after November 22, 2014, any new signage relating to accessibility that is installed or replaced on a school bus, which is equipped with a lift to facilitate the transportation of children with disabilities shall display the logo designated by the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred one of the Executive Law. This shall have not have a negative impact on motor carriers because it applies only to new signage installed or replaced on a school bus; the carrier will not have to revise existing signage to conform to the regulatory requirement.

Since this proposed rule simply conforms Part 46.11 to a statutory mandate, a consensus rule is appropriate.

Job Impact Statement

A JIS is not submitted because this rule will have no adverse impact on job creation or job development in New York State.

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