BILL NO | A07350A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05028-A
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SPONSOR | Magnarelli |
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COSPNSR | Weprin, Galef, Roberts, Russell, Hooper, McDonough, Cusick, Santabarbara, Ramos, Lifton, Simanowitz |
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MLTSPNSR | Arroyo, Clark, Cook, Gottfried, Lupardo, McDonald, Perry, Rivera, Sepulveda, Solages, Thiele,
Titone |
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Amd SS375, 227 & 510, add SS1174-a & 223-a, V & T L; amd SS3621 & 3623-a, Ed L; amd SS120.00 & 125.10, Pen L |
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Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus; provides for owner liability of a motor vehicle detected by a camera to have illegally passed or overtaken a school bus; provides that liability shall be a civil fine equal to the traffic infraction fine imposed therefor; authorizes school districts to receive state aid for the purchase of such cameras; includes within the class A misdemeanor of assault in the third degree, the causation of physical injury to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus; includes within the class E felony of criminally negligent homicide, the causation of death to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus. |