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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2812--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CHU, GIANARIS, GONZA-
          LEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,  LIU,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
          PERSAUD,  RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Transportation  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Transportation in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        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-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  stration  program  shall  empower a city to install and operate traffic-
     2  control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than  [one]
     3  six hundred [fifty] intersections within such city at any one time.
     4    §  2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
     5  trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter  18  of  the
     6  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     7    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations
     8  bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish  a  demonstration
     9  program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
    10  ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
    11  accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
    12  portation, for purposes of implementation  of  such  program,  shall  be
    13  authorized  to  install  and operate traffic-control signal photo viola-
    14  tion-monitoring devices at no more than [one] six hundred [fifty] inter-
    15  sections at any one time.
    16    § 3. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
    17  cle and traffic law, the general municipal law, and the public  officers
    18  law  relating  to  the  civil  liability  of  vehicle owners for traffic
    19  control signal violations, as amended by section 5 of part TT of chapter
    20  58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    21    § 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
    22  have  become  a  law;  provided,  however,  that  sections four, twelve,
    23  fifteen and sixteen shall [remain in full force and effect until] expire
    24  and be deemed repealed December 1, [2024 when upon such date the  amend-
    25  ments  and  provisions  made by this act shall be deemed repealed] 2027;
    26  provided, however, any such local laws as may  be  enacted  pursuant  to
    27  this act shall remain in full force and effect only until the expiration
    28  on December 1, [2024] 2027.
    29    §  4. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for the
    30  year 1989 amending the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New  York
    31  relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
    32  violations, as amended by section 6 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws
    33  of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    34    §  2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall expire on
    35  December 1, [2024] 2027.
    36    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  that  sections
    37  one  and  two of this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it
    38  shall have become a law; provided further however, that  the  amendments
    39  to  section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one of
    40  this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
    41  to be repealed therewith; and provided, further, that the amendments  to
    42  section  19-210  of the administrative code of the city of New York made
    43  by section two of this act shall  not  affect  the  expiration  of  such
    44  section  and shall be deemed to expire therewith. Effective immediately,
    45  any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on
    46  its effective date shall be promulgated  on  or  before  such  effective
    47  date.