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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XII - Interstate Environmental Commission › Part 550 - Water Quality Regulations › Section 550.7 - Policy

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It is recognized that requirements with respect to the
				  treatment and discharge of liquid wastes are subject to change from time to
				  time, and that an upgrading of requirements and standards may occur as
				  circumstances make appropriate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 600 - General Provisions › Section 600.2 - Penalties

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Violation of the rules and regulations promulgated herein
				  shall be an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
				  not to exceed 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; except that the
				  violation of any rule or regulation relating to the transportation of
				  explosives class A or B shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not
				  exceeding $2,500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year or by
				  both such fine and imprisonment. Violations of any rule or regulation governing
				  or regulating traffic on that portion of the bridge within the territorial
				  limits of the United States of America shall be a traffic infraction as that is
				  defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and shall be
				  punishable as such.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 600 - General Provisions › Section 600.3 - Use of authority facilitities conditional

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The use of the facilities by any person or vehicle shall be
				  deemed to be conditioned upon payment of the tolls set forth and upon
				  observance of the rules and regulations set forth in this
				  Chapter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 602 - Toll Rates › Section 602.1 - Toll rates

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(a)
One-way passage.
All toll rates herein refer to one-way
				passage.
Vehicle description
Charge
Passenger car
$0.25
Trailer
.25
Station wagon
.25
Taxi
.25
Motorcycle
.25
Ambulance (except emergencies)
.25
Hearse
.25
Bus
1.25
Commercial vehicle (trucks, tractors, trailers and
							 semitrailers) per ton, gross weight ($0.25 minimum toll)
.15
Note:
Gross weight is the aggregate weight of the vehicle or a
				  combination of such vehicles and the contents thereof, as determined by scales
				  of the authority, if available, or if not available, by such other method as
				  may from time to time be determined by the authority. Drivers shall, upon
				  request of a bridge employee, permit examination of such papers and/or
				  documents as may be deemed necessary to make such determination.
No charge is made for pedestrians. No charge is made for
				  vehicle passengers. No charge is made for emergency vehicles when on emergency
				  missions.
Vehicles of 10 or more passenger capacity are to be charged
				  as a bus ($1.25).
Buses converted into house cars are to be charged by
				  weight.
House cars are to be charged by weight.
(b)
Commutation rate.
Book
				of 33 one-trip tickets-$5.00. Commutation tickets may be used only for
				passenger cars, station wagons, or for trailers attached thereto, and
				motorcycles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 602 - Toll Rates › Section 602.2 - Vehicle limitations

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(a) Toll
				rates set forth are applicable only to vehicles which do not exceed the
				following limits:
Width: overall including load--8 feet.
Height: overall from roadway--13 feet.
Length: limits prescribed by New York State Vehicle and
				  Traffic
Law.
Weight: limits prescribed by New York State Vehicle and
				  Traffic
Law unless otherwise posted.
(b) Vehicles exceeding the limits above set
				forth shall be required to obtain a special permit from the authority under
				such terms and conditions as the authority in its sole discretion shall
				prescribe.
(c) The authority
				reserves the right to determine whether any vehicle is of unusual or
				unconventional design, weight or construction.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 603 - Types Of Traffic Excluded › Section 603.1 - Dangerous or unsafe vehicles

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Vehicles loaded in such a manner or with such materials or so
				  constructed or equipped as possibly to endanger persons or property or likely
				  to render the use of the bridge, plazas, yards, terminals, warehouses or
				  buildings unsafe, are not allowed in or upon said areas or buildings. Without
				  limiting the foregoing the following types of vehicles are not allowed in or
				  upon said areas and buildings:
(a)
				Vehicles with persons standing on the outside thereof, or trucks with persons
				sitting on the rear with feet dangling.
(b) Vehicles having flat tires.
(c) Construction vehicles with metal tires,
				tracks or solid rubber tires.
(d)
				Pushcarts, wheelbarrows, velocipedes and similar vehicles. Bicycles may be
				walked, not ridden, on bridge sidewalks and other walk areas normally provided
				for pedestrian traffic.
(e)
				Vehicles loaded with garbage, papers, loose hay, straw or loose material not
				effectively covered.
(f) Vehicles
				loaded with animals or poultry not properly confined.
(g) Vehicles overloaded to such an extent
				that the means of propulsion are insufficient.
(h) Vehicles with inadequate
				brakes.
(i) Vehicles transporting
				explosives and other dangerous materials or articles, unless permitted under
				Part 605 of this Chapter, "Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous
				Articles", over, on, through or in any part of the authority's facilities as
				herein enumerated.
(j) Buses with
				passengers standing between the driver and the front entrance door or so
				located as to obstruct the view of the driver both front and/or
				sides.
(k) Vehicles emitting excess
				smoke or fumes.
(l) Other vehicles
				which in the sole and exclusive judgment of the bridge employee in charge of
				the facility, are likely to delay traffic unreasonably, damage the facility or
				endanger persons or property.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 603 - Types Of Traffic Excluded › Section 603.2 - All vehicles subject to inspection

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Before using any portion of the facility, all vehicles shall
				  be subject to inspection when, in the opinion of the bridge employee then in
				  charge, such inspection shall be deemed necessary to determine whether such use
				  would be in violation of this Chapter, and if in the sole and exclusive
				  judgment of the bridge employee in charge a vehicle is determined to be unsafe
				  then the transportation of such vehicle shall be prohibited.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.1 - Reasonable speed required

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No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any portion of the
				  vehicular crossing at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the
				  conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then
				  existing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.2 - Speed limits

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(a) The limits
				specified or established herein, except where a special hazard exists that
				requires lower speed for compliance with the preceding section, shall be
				maximum lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle on the vehicular
				crossing at a speed in excess of such maximum limits.
(1) Passenger cars--40 m.p.h.
(2) Other vehicles--30 m.p.h.
(3) In truck yards and trailer areas--10
				m.p.h., unless conditions as herein-above stated are such that safety requires
				a speed of less than 10 m.p.h.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.3 - Compliance with traffic control devices

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Every person shall obey the instructions of any official
				  traffic control device applicable to him, placed in accordance with these rules
				  unless otherwise directed by a bridge employee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.4 - Compliance with directives of bridge employees

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No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
				  order or direction of any bridge employee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.5 - Keeping right; passing; crossing double solid line

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(a) Slow moving vehicles and all trucks,
				buses and cars towing trailers shall use the right hand or curb lane of the
				roadway except when otherwise directed.
(b) Trucks, buses and other slow moving
				vehicles proceeding in the same direction shall not overtake and pass each
				other.
(c) Where the roadway is
				divided by a double solid line, vehicles shall not cross the dividing line
				unless directed by signs, delineators or by a bridge employee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.6 - Payment of toll required

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All vehicles which shall cross the bridge shall pay the toll
				  as prescribed by Part 602 of this Chapter, at the regularly established places
				  or booths from the collection of such tolls.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.7 - Stopping, standing or parking

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No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any part
				  of the vehicular crossing except:
(a)
				When necessary to avoid injury or damages to persons or property.
(b) In compliance with the direction of a
				bridge employee.
(c) While paying
				tolls.
(d) When disabled.
(e) In areas on the vehicular crossing
				provided and marked by signs, striping or other devices marked for such
				purposes.
(f) At designated
				stopping points prior to customs and immigration and inspection
				booths.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.8 - Unattended vehicles

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(a) No
				person or persons shall leave a vehicle unattended on the vehicular crossing
				except in case of emergency or in the conduct of business with the authority,
				customs officials, immigration officials, carriers or customs brokers, and then
				only in areas designated for those purposes.
(b) When it is permitted for a motor vehicle
				to stand unattended, no person driving or in charge of such vehicle shall leave
				it so unattended without first stopping the engine, effectively setting the
				brake thereon, and when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to
				the curb.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.10 - Repairs and tire changes

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No person shall make a repair to a vehicle or change a tire
				  thereon in or upon the vehicular crossing unless authorized to do so by a
				  bridge employee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.11 - Backing vehicles

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No person shall back a vehicle upon the vehicular crossing
				  unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other
				  traffic.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.12 - Use of headlights and horns

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No person shall drive a vehicle on the vehicular crossing
				  using high beam headlights. The flashing of headlights or sounding of horns on
				  the vehicular crossing is prohibited except when in the interest of safety such
				  procedure is required.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.13 - Emergency and authority vehicles

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Upon the approach of any ambulance, police or fire department
				  vehicle, or upon the approach of the authority vehicles giving adequate warning
				  by means of siren or warning lights, all traffic shall proceed as near as
				  possible to the right hand curb on the roadway and stop, unless and until
				  otherwise directed by a bridge employee or until such vehicle or vehicles shall
				  have passed.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.14 - Disabled vehicles

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Disabled vehicles may be removed from the vehicular crossing
				  by the authority. The reasonable cost of such removal may be assessed by the
				  authority against the owner or operator thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 604 - Operation Of Vehicles › Section 604.15 - Abandoned vehicles and property

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Vehicles left unattended or any other property abandoned in
				  or upon the facilities may be removed by the authority.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.2 - Vehicles subject to inspection

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Any vehicle, the load of which includes, or is believed by a
				  bridge employee to include, any dangerous article, and the load of any such
				  vehicle, shall be subject to inspection to determine whether any such vehicle
				  would be in violation of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.3 - Exhibition of bill of lading required

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No vehicle loaded with any dangerous article shall enter in
				  or upon the vehicular crossing unless the driver shall first, on demand made by
				  a bridge employee, exhibit a bill of lading or other shipping paper describing
				  such article by the specific name therefore used in the "List of Explosives and
				  other Dangerous Articles" contained in the Interstate Commerce Commission
				  regulations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.4 - Definition of term "I.C.C. regulations"

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Wherever reference is made herein to "I.C.C. regulations", it
				  shall refer to the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission which are
				  included in Title 18 of the United States Code entitled "Crimes and Criminal
				  Procedures", as revised, codified and enacted into positive law, and may be
				  cited as Title 18, U.S.C.,
				  Chapter 39, sections 831 to
				  837 inclusive as applicable to and
				  dealing with the transportation of "Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles" by
				  motor vehicles on the highway. Reference is also made to Title 49 of the Code
				  of Federal Regulations, Parts 71 to 79 inclusive.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.5 - Transportation of atomic weapons

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No vehicle shall enter the vehicular crossing if its load
				  includes any weapon of war employing atomic fission or radioactive force, or
				  any component part of such weapon containing a fissionable material, or any
				  forbidden explosives as defined by I.C.C. regulations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.6 - Transportation of explosives and radioactive material

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No vehicle shall enter the vehicular crossing if its load
				  includes:
(a) Any Class A or B
				explosives (other than special fireworks, including railway or track torpedoes,
				not in excess of 10 pounds gross weight per vehicle) as defined by I.C.C.
				regulations, or
(b) any radioactive
				material including, but not limited to, radioisotopes, nuclear fissionable
				material, reactor fuel rods, irradiated fuel rods, and radioactive ores,
				residues, and wastes, except under the following conditions:
(1) Written permission must be obtained from
				the authority at least two days before intended travel over the vehicular
				crossing.
(2) If permission to use
				the vehicular crossing is granted by the authority, passage may be made only on
				the specific day and within such hours as are stipulated by the authority.
				Vehicles and their loads requiring special handling will be subject to any and
				all costs, in addition to the regular tolls, for such special handling.
				Provided, however, common, contract and private carriers transporting
				radioisotopes used for medical, industrial, agricultural, or research purposes;
				natural uranium metal, depleted uranium, magnesium-thorium alloys in formed
				shapes (not powered, and which shall contain not more than four per cent
				nominal thorium 232); radium or radon sealed in needles, capsules, or similar
				platinum-invidium or gold containers used for medical purposes; manufactured
				articles other than liquids, containing radioactive material as component
				parts, namely, clock and instrument dials, electronic tubes, test instruments,
				X-ray machines; packaged, marked, labeled and limited as required by the I.C.C.
				regulations in a properly placarded vehicle, may use the vehicular crossing
				without prior notice or time restriction.
(3) Vehicles transporting Class A or B
				explosives, or radioactive materials, their contents and shipping documents
				shall be subject to inspection by a bridge employee prior to proceeding over
				the vehicular crossing.
(4)
				Operators of vehicles transporting Class A or B explosives, or radioactive
				materials must comply with all orders, instructions and directives of a bridge
				employee.
(5) Vehicles transporting
				Class A or B explosives, or radioactive materials, whether halted or in motion,
				must remain at least 300 feet from any vehicle traveling in the same direction
				while crossing the bridge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 605 - Transportation Of Explosives And Other Dangerous Articles › Section 605.7 - Compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations

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No vehicle loaded with any dangerous article and no tank
				  vehicle which last contained a dangerous article shall enter in or upon the
				  vehicular crossing unless such vehicle, its load and transportation of such
				  load in such vehicle shall in every respect comply with the I.C.C. regulations,
				  including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, regulations
				  regarding forbidden articles, proper condition for transportation, containers,
				  packaging, marking, labeling, description, certification, quantity limitations
				  and loading and placarding or marking of the vehicle. They shall comply with
				  all other applicable laws and regulations of the United States, the State of
				  New York, of Canada and the Province of Ontario, and the departments and
				  agencies thereof as they apply to dangerous or hazardous
				  articles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.1 - Assemblages, parades or demonstrations

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No assemblages, parades or demonstrations of any kind shall
				  be held in or upon any of the buildings or the vehicular crossing without
				  written permission from the authority.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.2 - Damaging, marking or defacing authority property

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No person shall damage, mark or deface any structure or
				  appurtenance owned or under the control of the authority.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.3 - Dumping refuse and littering

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No person shall throw, dump or deposit or place or cause to
				  be thrown, dumped or deposited or placed upon the vehicular crossing any
				  refuse, litter or material of any kind and nature.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.4 - Hitchhiking; loitering

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No person shall hitchhike in or upon the vehicular crossing
				  nor shall any person or persons congregate, stand, sit or loiter in or upon the
				  buildings or areas of the authority after a request by a bridge employee to
				  disperse.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.5 - Soliciting and commercial activity

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No person shall stand in or upon the vehicular crossing or
				  any buildings or areas of the authority to solicit from or sell to any occupant
				  of any building or any vehicle upon the vehicular crossing, except with the
				  written permission of the authority.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIII - Buffalo And Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority › Part 606 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 606.7 - Transportation of dangerous materials

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No person shall transport or store in or upon the facilities
				  any explosives or other dangerous materials or articles unless permitted under
				  Part 605 of this Chapter, "Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous
				  Articles".
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 650 - General Provisions › Section 650.1 - Use of bridges conditional

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The use of the bridges by any vehicle, pedestrian or other
				  form of traffic shall be, and shall be deemed to be, conditioned upon payment
				  of the prescribed tolls and upon the observance of the rules and regulations
				  set forth in this Chapter; all rights, privileges, licenses and permits,
				  expressed or implied, for the use of said bridges by any vehicle, pedestrian or
				  other form of traffic, granted by the commission, shall be, and shall be deemed
				  to be revocable; and each such right, privilege, license or permit shall at the
				  option of the commission be, and be deemed to be, revoked and cancelled by and
				  upon the breach of any rule or regulation or of the violation while in or upon
				  the said bridges of any applicable laws or ordinances. Vehicles violating any
				  of the rules and regulations set forth in this Chapter, as well as other
				  vehicles owned or operated by the owner and/or operator of such vehicle, may be
				  excluded from the bridges, permanently or for a specified
				  time.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 650 - General Provisions › Section 650.2 - Penalties for violation of rules not exclusive

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All penalties prescribed for violation of rules, laws and
				  regulations of the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission by Act 155 of the Acts and
				  Resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont at the 30th
				  Biennial Session, 1929, and by chapter 539 of the Laws of New York, 1938, shall
				  not be deemed to be exclusive for violations of any laws or ordinances of
				  either the State of New York or Vermont, or its or their political
				  subdivisions.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 650 - General Provisions › Section 650.3 - Rules of commission to control in case of conflict

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The rules and regulations of the commission are supplemental
				  to the laws, rules and regulations of the States of New York and Vermont,
				  except where they are in conflict and in such case the rules and regulations of
				  the commission shall control.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 651 - Definitions › Section 651.1 - Definitions

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The following terms whenever used in this Chapter, except as
				  otherwise specifically intended, shall be defined to mean and shall be held to
				  include each of the meanings herein below specifically set forth, and any such
				  terms used in the singular number shall be held to include the plural:
(a) Commission. The Lake Champlain Bridge
				Commission.
(b) Employee. The toll
				collectors and such other individuals designated by the commission as special
				officers for the direction and control of traffic.
(c) Bridges. The Lake Champlain Bridge,
				between Crown Point, New York, and Chimney Point, Vermont, and the Rouses Point
				Bridge, between Rouses Point, New York, and Alburg, Vermont, including the
				embankments on land and in water on which the approach highways maintained by
				the commission are built.
(d)
				Roadway. All that portion of the bridges designed for the use of
				vehicles.
(e) Curbing. All that
				portion of the bridges consisting of concrete, or concrete and steel, on the
				sides of the roadway and raised to a slight elevation above it.
(f) Draw zone. All that portion of the Rouses
				Point Bridge, consisting of the moveable span and the adjacent fixed spans in
				each end thereof which lie between the two roadway gates.
(g) Pedestrians. All foot passengers on the
				bridges who have paid toll or are actually proceeding toward the regular toll
				collection booths for the purpose of crossing and paying toll
				therefor.
(h) Vehicle. That in or
				on which anything is carried.
(i)
				Passenger auto. Includes every type of motor driven vehicle used for the
				transportation of passengers and registered as such, but excluding
				buses.
(j) Truck. Includes every
				type of motor driven vehicle used for commercial purposes and registered as
				such.
(k) Trailer. A vehicle
				without motive power, drawn by a motor driven vehicle.
(l) Motorcycle. Includes all motor operated
				vehicles of the bicycle or tricycle type.
(m) Driver. A person who propels or operates
				or who is in charge of a vehicle.
(n) Toll zones. Such space at or near the
				toll house as has been established for the collection of tolls.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 652 - Toll Rates › Section 652.1 - Toll rates subject to change

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All toll rates for the bridges are prescribed by resolution
				  of the commission and are subject to change without notice. The current rates
				  are posted and on file at the toll collectors' booths where copies are
				  available upon request. The latest published schedule of rates supersedes all
				  previous issues.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 652 - Toll Rates › Section 652.2 - Schedule of tolls effective January 1, 1967

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(a)
One-way charge.
Vehicle
								description
Charge
Passenger cars and all 2 axle vehicles
$.20
3 axle vehicles
.30
4 axle vehicles
.40
5 axle vehicles
.50
1 axle trailers
.10
(b)
Commuter books.
Commuter books will cost $4. These will cover
				100 passenger car or stationwagon crossings, will be non-transferable, and will
				become void at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of the month six months from the day
				of purchase.
(c)
Commutation books.
Commutation books-$10. These books will
				cover 100 axle crossings of any type of vehicle and will have no expiration
				date. The books will contain 100 tickets. The toll collector will remove one
				ticket for each vehicular axle crossing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 653 - Types Of Traffic Excluded › Section 653.1 - Types of vehicles excluded

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The following types of vehicles shall not be allowed upon the
				  bridges:
(a) Dangerous or unsafe
				vehicles which, in the judgment of the superintendent, are loaded, constructed
				or operated in such a manner as likely to endanger persons or property, render
				the use of the bridges unsafe, or unduly interfere with other
				traffic.
(b) Vehicles, which in the
				opinion of the superintendent, are in charge of incompetent or intoxicated
				operators.
(c) Vehicles with
				contents weighing more than 40,000 pounds, or more than 28,000 pounds on one
				axle or with a wheel load exceeding 700 pounds per inch width of tire in
				contact with the roadway, or being over eight feet in width, except by special
				permission of the superintendent.
(d) Self-propelled vehicles or trailers with
				metal tires, except steam rollers without cleats.
(e) Vehicles with inadequate brakes or
				overloaded to such an extent that the means of propulsion are
				insufficient.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 653 - Types Of Traffic Excluded › Section 653.2 - Persons excluded

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following are excluded from the bridges:
(a) All persons other than pedestrians and
				passengers in vehicles except by permission of the superintendent.
(b) Pedestrians when, in the opinion of the
				superintendent, snow or ice or any other condition makes the bridges
				temporarily unsafe for foot passage.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.1 - Payment of toll required

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No vehicle or pedestrian shall cross the bridges without the
				  payment of the toll prescribed by the commission at the regularly established
				  places for the collection of such toll.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.3 - Vehicles required to keep right

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Vehicles shall at all times keep to the right of the roadway,
				  except as otherwise directed by either traffic signs or an employee of the
				  bridge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.4 - Displaying lights

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Every vehicle, during the period from one-half hour after
				  sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and during fogs, shall display legal
				  lights front and rear.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.6 - Pedestrians required to keep left

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Pedestrians while crossing either bridge shall use the
				  roadway and keep to the extreme left hand side. Upon the approach of a vehicle
				  they are required to step up on the curb or stand close to the roadway fence
				  until the vehicle has passed.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.7 - Reasonable care required

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No vehicle shall be operated carelessly or negligently or in
				  disregard of the right or safety of others, or without due caution and
				  circumspection, or at a rate of speed or in a manner so as to endanger persons
				  or property. Nothing contained in or omitted from the rules and regulations
				  contained in this Chapter shall be construed to relieve any person whatsoever
				  from exercising all reasonable care to avoid or prevent injury or damage to
				  persons or property.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.8 - Presence within draw zone prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No vehicle or person other than employees of the commission
				  or workmen engaged in maintenance, repairs or bridge operation, shall enter or
				  remain within the draw zone when the gates have been closed for the purpose of
				  operating the draw span.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.9 - Compliance with orders, signals, directions and signs required

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Anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
				  traffic must at all times comply with any lawful order, signal or direction, by
				  voice or hand, of any employee of the commission. When traffic is controlled by
				  signs or mechanical or electrical signals, such signs and signals shall be
				  obeyed unless an employee of the commission directs
				  otherwise.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.10 - Whistle signals

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Whistle signals used by the commission's employees shall have
				  the following meanings:
One blast: All moving traffic shall stop.
Two blasts: Traffic shall proceed.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.11 - Signal lights

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Signal lights used on the bridges shall have the following
				  meanings:
Green light: All vehicles must proceed.
Red light: All vehicles must stop.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.12 - Speed limits

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Subject to the provision of section
				  654.7 of this Part, no vehicle
				  shall be operated in excess of the following rates of speed:
(a) 30 miles per hour in or upon the
				bridges,
(b) 10 miles per hour when
				approaching the toll zones.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.13 - Duty to report accidents

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The driver shall immediately report to the toll collector any
				  accident occurring on the bridges in which the vehicle or its occupants are
				  involved.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 654 - Traffic Rules › Section 654.15 - Stopping, standing or parking

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Vehicles shall not stop, stand or park in or upon the bridges
				  except:
(a) when necessary to avoid
				injury or damage to persons or property,
(b) in compliance with the direction of an
				employee of the commission or traffic signal, or
(c) while paying tolls or surrendering toll
				receipts, or
(d) during the time
				when the gates at the Rouses Point Bridge are closed for the purpose of opening
				or closing the draw; provided, however, that vehicles may be parked in such
				places as may be designated by the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 655 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 655.1 - Coasting on bridges with sleds, etc

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person shall coast on the bridges with handsleds, bobs,
				  carts or other vehicles on wheels or runners.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 655 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 655.2 - Fishing, diving, jumping or mooring boats

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person shall fish, dive or jump from the bridges, or moor
				  a boat to any part thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 655 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 655.3 - Climbing on bridges

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person shall climb upon the bridges or bridge fences, or
				  enter upon said bridges except by way of the regularly established approaches
				  to the bridges.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 655 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 655.4 - Entering toll booths, offices; loitering

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person without proper authority or permission of the
				  superintendent shall enter the toll collector's booth or office of the
				  commission, or loiter upon the bridges.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XIV - Lake Champlain Bridge Commission › Part 655 - Prohibited Conduct › Section 655.5 - Damaging commission property; liability therefor

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No person shall damage, mark or deface the bridges or other
				  structures and appurtenances under the control of the commission. The owner and
				  driver of any vehicle using the bridges shall be severally liable for any
				  defacement or injury to the structure in which any such vehicle is involved or
				  by an act of any occupant of such vehicle.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XV - New York State Commission Of Investigation › Part 700 - Public Access To Records › Section 700.1 - Purpose and scope

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(a) It is the
				intent of the Commission of Investigation (the commission) to fully comply, to
				the extent appropriate and required by law, with the provisions of article 6 of
				the Public Officers Law (the Freedom of Information Law). To this end,
				commission personnel will furnish to the public the information and records
				required by the Freedom of Information Law, as well as records otherwise
				available, subject to the provisions of the laws applicable to the
				commission.
(b) These regulations
				provide information concerning the procedures by which records may be
				obtained.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XV - New York State Commission Of Investigation › Part 700 - Public Access To Records › Section 700.2 - Designation of records access officer

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(a) The chairman or chief counsel of the
				commission will designate either the executive, senior or other assistant
				counsel as the records access officer.
(b) The records access officer is responsible
				for insuring appropriate agency response to requests for access to records. All
				inquiries regarding requests for records under the Freedom of Information Law
				should be directed to the records access officer. The designation of a records
				access officer shall not be construed to prohibit officials who in the past
				have been authorized to make records or information available to the public
				from continuing to do so.
(c) The
				records access officer shall insure that personnel:
(1) maintain an up-to-date subject matter
				list;
(2) assist the requester in
				identifying requested records, if necessary;
(3) upon locating the record, take one of the
				following actions:
(i) make the record
				available for inspection; or
(ii)
				deny access to the record in whole or in part and explain in writing the
				reasons therefor;
(4)
				upon request for copies of available records, make a copy available upon
				payment of established fees, if any;
(5) upon request, certify that a copy of a
				record is a true copy; and
(6) upon
				failure to locate records, indicate that:
(i)
				the commission does not have possession of the record sought;
(ii) the commission cannot locate the record
				sought after having made a diligent search; or
(iii) the information sought cannot be
				retrieved by use of the description thereof, without extraordinary search
				methods being employed by the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XV - New York State Commission Of Investigation › Part 700 - Public Access To Records › Section 700.3 - Requests for records

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(a) All requests
				for access to records must be writing (no oral requests will be accepted) and
				shall reasonably describe the record or records sought. Whenever possible, a
				person requesting records should supply information regarding dates, file
				designations or other information that may help to describe the records sought.
				The request should be addressed as follows: Records Access Officer, New York
				State Commission of Investigation, 270 Broadway, 26th Floor, New York, NY
				10007, (212) 577-0700.
(b) A
				response to any request reasonably describing the record or records sought
				shall be given within five business days of receipt of the request.
(c) If the records access officer does not
				provide or deny access to the record sought within five business days of
				receipt of a request, a written acknowledgment of receipt of the request and a
				statement of the approximate date when the request will be granted or denied
				shall be furnished. If access to records is neither granted nor denied within
				30 business days after the date of acknowledgment of receipt of a request, it
				shall be construed as a denial which may be appealed.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XV - New York State Commission Of Investigation › Part 700 - Public Access To Records › Section 700.4 - Nonrequired access to records

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(a)
				The commission may choose, in accordance with its enabling act or other
				appropriate statute, to provide access to certain records even though such
				disclosure is not required by the Freedom of Information Law.
(b) Whenever the commission provides access
				to any of its records pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the
				requester shall be so informed in writing by the records access officer or the
				records access appeals officer. However, such disclosure shall be deemed to
				have been made pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, regardless of
				whether the requester is so informed.
(c) Disclosure of any records by the
				commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, shall not be deemed to
				require the commission to provide the requester with access to any other
				records; nor shall it require the commission to provide any other requester
				with access to the disclosed records.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XV - New York State Commission Of Investigation › Part 700 - Public Access To Records › Section 700.5 - Denial of access to records

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(a) A
				denial of access to records shall be in writing, state the reason therefor and
				advise the requester of the right to appeal.
(b) A failure to provide requested records
				promptly, as described in section
				700.3(c) of this
				Part, shall also be deemed a denial of access.