Amd §1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
Increases the number of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices that may be installed in New York city to one thousand three hundred twenty-five intersections; extends certain provisions authorizing photo-monitoring devices until December 1, 2030.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2812
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD,
RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed 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 increasing the number of
intersections where traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
systems may be installed and operated; to amend chapter 746 of the
laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general munic-
ipal 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 administra-
tive code of the city of New York relating to civil liability of vehi-
cle 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 18 of the laws of 2009,
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 thousand three hundred [fifty] twenty-five intersections within such
13 city at any one time.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
2 trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 18 of the
3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations
5 bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a demonstration
6 program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
7 ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
8 accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
9 portation, for purposes of implementation of such program, shall be
10 authorized to install and operate traffic-control signal photo viola-
11 tion-monitoring devices at no more than one thousand three hundred
12 [fifty] twenty-five intersections at any one time.
13 § 3. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
14 cle and traffic law, the general municipal law, and the public officers
15 law relating to the civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic
16 control signal violations, as amended by section 5 of part TT of chapter
17 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
18 § 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
19 have become a law and shall remain in full force and effect until Decem-
20 ber 1, [2024] 2030 when upon such date the amendments and provisions
21 made by this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, any such
22 local laws as may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in full
23 force and effect only until the expiration on December 1, [2024] 2030.
24 § 4. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for the
25 year 1989 amending the administrative code of the city of New York
26 relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
27 violations, as amended by section 6 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws
28 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
29 § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall expire on
30 December 1, [2024] 2030.
31 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
32 one and two of this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it
33 shall have become a law; provided further however, that the amendments
34 to section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one of
35 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
36 to be repealed therewith; and provided, further, that the amendments to
37 section 19-210 of the administrative code of the city of New York made
38 by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
39 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith. Effective immediately,
40 any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on
41 its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such effective
42 date.
