Requires signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation monitoring system to be primarily yellow and be placed within fifty feet of a photo speed violation monitoring system.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4147
SPONSOR: Reilly TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation moni-
toring system
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to alert the public with visible
signage when speed cameras are used in school zones.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. No speed cameras shall be in use in a school zone unless has
successfully passed a self-test and proper signage must be displayed
within 50 feet of said speed-zone. Section
2. Speed cameras cannot be in use unless they pass a self-test of func-
tions and has undergone an annual calibration. Section 3. This act shall
take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill is necessary to properly inform the, public when speed camera
are in use, through proper and visible signage. Signage should be visi-
ble to individuals operating motor vehicles in all directions of traffic
on approach to a speed zone area within 50 feet. This bill also requires
that cameras should be tested daily that they are functioning properly,
and if not, then they should not be in use until they can function prop-
erly.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
01/05/22 referred to transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4147
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation moni-
toring system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the
2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 229 of the laws of 2022,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
5 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
6 fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
7 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
8 subdivision. The city shall install signs bearing the words "photo
9 enforced" below speed limit signs giving written notice to approaching
10 motor vehicle operators that a photo speed violation monitoring system
11 is in use, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD, and
12 shall modify existing signage to reflect such written notice in the
13 regular course of maintenance. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
14 the contrary, such signs shall be primarily yellow, indicate that there
15 is a school speed zone and that a photo speed violation monitoring
16 system is being used for photo enforcement, and shall be placed within
17 fifty feet in either direction of a photo speed violation monitoring
18 system.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section
21 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one of this act
22 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
23 therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05780-01-5
