New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle A - Governor's Office
Chapter I - Executive Orders
Part 4 - Executive Orders (Mario M. Cuomo)
Section 4.97 - Executive order no. 97: designating the governor's traffic safety committee as the state agency to coordinate and approve state highway safety programs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

WHEREAS, The Interdepartmental Traffic Safety Committee was established under State Executive Law on April 27, 1967 to provide management and coordination of all highway safety programs in the State;

WHEREAS, The Interdepartmental Traffic Safety Committee was instrumental in implementing New York's first-in-the-nation mandatory seat belt and 21 purchase-age laws which have saved hundreds of lives each year on our highways; and

WHEREAS, The Interdepartmental Traffic Safety Committee has improved highway safety and reduced traffic fatalities and injuries by sponsoring and promoting innovative pedestrian and motorcycle safety, driving while intoxicated and speed limit enforcement programs:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of New York, do hereby reestablish an interdepartmental committee, to be hereinafter known as the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, to consist of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, as Chairperson, and the Commissioners of Education, Health, Criminal Justice Services and Transportation, the Secretary of State, the Superintendents of State Police and Insurance, the Directors of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Probation, and the Chairpersons of the State Liquor Authority and New York State Thruway Authority. The Chairperson of the Committee shall appoint annually a Vice-Chairperson, who shall perform the duties of Chair in the Chairperson's absence, or at such other time or times as the Chairperson may direct.