Suspends the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway construction or maintenance work area.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4011A
SPONSOR: Magnarelli TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspending
the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times
by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway
construction or maintenance work area
PURPOSE:
To further discourage speeding and reckless behavior in work zones by
suspending the registration of repeat violators.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one adds a new subdivision 4-I to Section 510 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law to suspend the registration for 90 days of a vehicle cited
five or more times by a work zone speed camera within 18 months.
Section two amends Section 1180-e of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
require a .warning on notices of liability that a vehicle risks regis-
tration suspension for incurring 5+ violations over 18 months.
Section three amends Section 514 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
ensure courts report final decisions on work zone speed camera notices
of liability to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Section four sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill aims to enhance safety in work zones by suspending the regis-
tration of vehicles that receive four or more citations from work zone
speed cameras within an 18-month period. Work zones are high-risk areas
where speeding poses significant dangers to both workers and drivers.
Despite existing penalties, repeat offenders continue to jeopardize
safety, and the current system has not fully deterred habitual
violations. By linking registration suspension to repeated offenses,
this bill strengthens enforcement and incentivizes compliance with speed
limits in these areas.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to New York State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after it shall become law and apply to violations committed on
or after that date, provided, however, the amendments made to subdivi-
sion (e) of section 1180-e of the vehicle and traffic law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4011--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, GLICK, REYES, CUNNINGHAM, MEEKS,
LUPARDO, DILAN, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Transportation -- 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 suspending
the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times
by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway
construction or maintenance work area
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 4-i to read as follows:
3 4-i. Suspension of registration for imposition of liability through
4 the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems within controlled
5 access highway construction or maintenance work areas. Upon the receipt
6 of a notification from a court or an administrative tribunal that an
7 owner of a motor vehicle has been found monetarily liable by a court or
8 an administrative tribunal for failure of an operator thereof to comply
9 with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision
10 (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter
11 through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitor-
12 ing systems in a highway construction or maintenance work area located
13 on a controlled-access highway in accordance with article thirty of this
14 chapter, following entry of a final decision or decisions in response to
15 five or more notices of liability, issued within an eighteen month peri-
16 od, imposing monetary liability on the owner of such vehicle for failure
17 of an operator thereof to comply with certain posted maximum speed
18 limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section elev-
19 en hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation
20 of photo speed violation monitoring systems in a highway construction or
21 maintenance work area located on a controlled-access highway in accord-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06952-02-5
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1 ance with article thirty of this chapter not arising out of the same
2 incident, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall suspend the
3 registration of the motor vehicle involved in such imposition of liabil-
4 ity for a period of ninety days.
5 § 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (g) of section 1180-e of the vehicle
6 and traffic law, as added by chapter 421 of the laws of 2021, is amended
7 to read as follows:
8 3. The notice of liability shall contain information advising the
9 person charged of the manner and the time in which [he or she] such
10 person may contest the liability alleged in the notice. Such notice of
11 liability shall also contain a prominent warning to advise the person
12 charged that failure to contest in the manner and time provided shall be
13 deemed an admission of liability and that a default judgment may be
14 entered thereon and a warning to advise the persons charged that follow-
15 ing entry of a final decision or decisions in response to five or more
16 notices of liability issued within a period of eighteen months imposing
17 monetary liability upon such person as an owner for a violation of
18 subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of
19 this article pursuant to this section, the registration of the motor
20 vehicle involved in such violations shall be suspended for a period of
21 ninety days.
22 § 3. The section heading and paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 1
23 of section 514 of the vehicle and traffic law, the section heading and
24 paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of
25 2001 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 892 of the
26 laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows:
27 Certifying convictions, findings of liability, forfeitures and nonap-
28 pearances to the commissioner and recording convictions and findings of
29 liability.
30 (a) (i) Upon a judgment of conviction of any person of (a) homicide or
31 assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, (b) criminally
32 negligent homicide arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, (c)
33 a felony involving the use of a commercial motor vehicle, (d) a
34 violation of any of the provisions of this chapter (except one relating
35 to parking, stopping or standing) or (e) a violation of any law, ordi-
36 nance, rule or regulation made by local authorities in relation to traf-
37 fic (except one relating to parking, stopping or standing) or upon the
38 forfeiture of bail given upon a charge of violating any such provision,
39 law, ordinance, rule or regulation, or (ii) upon entry of a final deci-
40 sion imposing monetary liability upon a person as a motor vehicle owner
41 for a violation, committed within a highway construction or maintenance
42 work area located on a controlled-access highway, of subdivision (b),
43 (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter pursu-
44 ant to a demonstration program established pursuant to article thirty of
45 this chapter, the court or the clerk thereof shall within fifteen days
46 certify the facts of the case or the finding of liability to the commis-
47 sioner in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the
48 commissioner, who shall record the same in [his] their office. Such
49 certificate shall be presumptive evidence of the facts recited therein.
50 If any such conviction or finding of liability shall be reversed upon
51 appeal therefrom, or shall be vacated or set aside, the person whose
52 conviction or finding of liability has been so reversed, vacated or set
53 aside may serve on the commissioner a certified copy of the appropriate
54 order and the commissioner shall thereupon record the same in connection
55 with the record of such conviction or finding of liability.
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1 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
2 subdivision, the commissioner may prescribe time limitations for the
3 reporting of judgments of conviction or findings of liability and trans-
4 mission of such license that are longer than those prescribed by this
5 section for any courts to which this section is applicable.
6 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
7 law and shall apply to violations committed on and after such date;
8 provided, however, the amendments to subdivision (g) of section 1180-e
9 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section two of this act shall not
10 affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed there-
11 with. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
12 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
13 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
14 such effective date.
