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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    March 30, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. SILVER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDET-
         TO,  BENJAMIN,  BING,  CLARK,  CYMBROWITZ, GIANARIS, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
         MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, MILLMAN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, TOWNS -- read once  and
         referred to the Committee on Transportation

       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
         of the city of New York, in relation to certain traffic-control  indi-
         cations; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehicle
         and  traffic  law,  the  general municipal law and the public officers
         law, relating to the civil liability of  vehicle  owners  for  traffic
         control  signal violations, in relation to extending the effectiveness
         thereof; and to amend local law number 46 of the city of New York  for
         the year 1989 amending the administrative code of the city of New York
         relating  to  civil  liability  of  vehicle owners for traffic control
         signal violations, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the
    2  vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 658 of the laws of  2006,
    3  is amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city with a popu-
    5  lation of one million or more is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to
    6  adopt  and  amend  a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration
    7  program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for  fail-
    8  ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
    9  such city in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demon-
   10  stration  program  shall  empower a city to install and operate traffic-
   11  control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no  more  than  one
   12  hundred FIFTY intersections within such city at any one time.
   13    S  2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
   14  trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 658  of  the
   15  laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations
    2  bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish  a  demonstration
    3  program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
    4  ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
    5  accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
    6  portation,  for  purposes  of  implementation  of such program, shall be
    7  authorized to install and operate traffic-control  signal  photo  viola-
    8  tion-monitoring  devices at no more than one hundred FIFTY intersections
    9  at any one time.
   10    S 3. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the  vehi-
   11  cle  and  traffic law, the general municipal law and the public officers
   12  law, relating to the civil  liability  of  vehicle  owners  for  traffic
   13  control  signal  violations,  as  amended  by chapter 667 of the laws of
   14  2004, is amended to read as follows:
   15    S 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
   16  have become a law and shall remain in full force and effect until Decem-
   17  ber  1,  [2009]  2014  when upon such date the amendments and provisions
   18  made by this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however,  any  such
   19  local  laws  as may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in full
   20  force and effect only until the expiration on December 1, [2009] 2014.
   21    S 4. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for  the
   22  year  1989  amending  the  administrative  code  of the city of New York
   23  relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
   24  violations, as amended by chapter 667 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
   25  read as follows:
   26    S 2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall expire  on
   27  December 1, [2009] 2014.
   28    S  5.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
   29  the amendments to paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of  section  1111-a  of
   30  the  vehicle  and  traffic law made by section one of this act shall not
   31  affect the repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed to  be  repealed
   32  therewith;  provided,  further,  that  the  amendments to paragraph 1 of
   33  subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the administrative code of the city
   34  of New York made by section two of this act shall not affect the expira-
   35  tion of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire therewith.