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A02193 Summary:

A02193 Actions:

A02193 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:03/11/2025AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Magnarelli
Aye
Miller
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Simon
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Williams
Aye
Durso
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Slater
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Bendett
Aye
De Los Santos
Aye
Chludzinski
Aye
Cunningham
Aye
Alvarez
Aye
Shrestha
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Eachus
Aye
Burroughs
Aye
Wright
Aye
Valdez
Aye
Romero
Aye
Hooks
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:19/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cook
Aye
Reilly
Excused
Lavine
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Tannousis
Nay
Hevesi
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Molitor
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Absent
Cruz
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Bores
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Cunningham
Aye
Romero
Aye
Alvarez
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:06/10/2025AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Excused
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Excused
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A02193 Floor Votes:

A02193 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A2193A
 
SPONSOR: Magnarelli

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making tech-
nical corrections to the adjudication of certain traffic violations; and
to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
To provide technical clean-up of various provisions of section 237 of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law relating to the adjudication of photo
enforcement liability.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section one repeals subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of
section 237 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and enacts a new subdivision
10 to consolidate provisions relating to the adjudication of notices of
liability issued under red light, school and work zone speed, bus lane,
toll, school bus stop-arm, truck weight, and bus operation-related photo
enforcement programs.
 
 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
 
Technically clarifies paragraph (f) of subdivision 10 added by this
bill.   
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Consolidating adjudication provisions of the various photo enforcement
programs into a single subdivision will ensure clarity in the law.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2023-2024: A.7249
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFFECTIVE DATE:
 
This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A02193 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2193--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI,  DE LOS SANTOS  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation -- reported  and  referred
          to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making tech-
          nical corrections to the adjudication of certain  traffic  violations;
          and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of  section  237
     2  of  the vehicle and traffic law are REPEALED and a new subdivision 10 is
     3  added to read as follows:
     4    10. (a) To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdi-
     5  vision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  imposed
     6  pursuant  to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the
     7  owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator  thereof  to  comply  with
     8  traffic-control  indications  through  the installation and operation of
     9  traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance
    10  with article twenty-four of this chapter; (b) to adjudicate the  liabil-
    11  ity of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
    12  section  eleven  hundred  eighty  of  this chapter imposed pursuant to a
    13  demonstration program imposing monetary liability  on  the  owner  of  a
    14  vehicle  for  failure  of an operator thereof to comply with such posted
    15  maximum speed limits through the installation  and  operation  of  photo
    16  speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of
    17  this  chapter;  (c) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations
    18  of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chap-
    19  ter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit  program  imposing  monetary
    20  liability  on  the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
    21  to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the  installation  and
    22  operation  of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05510-02-5
        A. 2193--A                          2
 
     1  four of this chapter; (d) to adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners  for
     2  violations  of  toll  collection  regulations  imposed by certain public
     3  authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public  authorities  to
     4  impose  monetary  liability  on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
     5  operator thereof to comply with  toll  collection  regulations  of  such
     6  public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-moni-
     7  toring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-nine
     8  hundred   eighty-five   of  the  public  authorities  law  and  sections
     9  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
    10  of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; (e) to adjudicate  the  liability
    11  of  owners for violations of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this
    12  chapter when meeting a school bus marked and  equipped  as  provided  in
    13  subdivisions  twenty  and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-
    14  five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance impos-
    15  ing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an oper-
    16  ator thereof to comply with school bus red visual  signals  through  the
    17  installation  and  operation  of  school  bus photo violation monitoring
    18  systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter; (f)  to
    19  adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners  for  violations of section three
    20  hundred eighty-five of this chapter and  the  rules  of  the  applicable
    21  covered agency or covered authority as such terms are defined in article
    22  ten  of  this  chapter  in  relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle
    23  weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh  in  motion  demonstration
    24  program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
    25  ure of an operator thereof to comply  with  such  gross  vehicle  weight
    26  and/or  axle  weight restrictions through the installation and operation
    27  of weigh in motion violation  monitoring  systems,  in  accordance  with
    28  article  ten  of this chapter; (g) to adjudicate the liability of owners
    29  for violations of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or  (g)  of  section  eleven
    30  hundred  eighty  of  this  chapter  imposed  pursuant to a demonstration
    31  program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for  fail-
    32  ure  of  an  operator  thereof  to comply with such posted maximum speed
    33  limits within a highway construction or maintenance  work  area  through
    34  the  installation  and  operation  of  photo  speed violation monitoring
    35  systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; and  (h)  to
    36  adjudicate  the  liability of owners for violations of bus operation-re-
    37  lated traffic regulations as defined  by  article  twenty-four  of  this
    38  chapter  imposed  pursuant  to a demonstration program imposing monetary
    39  liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an  operator  thereof
    40  to  comply  with  such bus operation-related traffic regulations through
    41  the installation and operation of bus operation-related  photo  devices,
    42  in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter.
    43    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

A02193 LFIN:

 
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