Authorizes the city of New York to install photo speed violation monitoring systems in every school zone in such city; eliminates the expiration and repeal of the provisions of law authorizing such city to install and operate such systems.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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472
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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, in relation to authorizing
the city of New York to install photo speed violation monitoring
systems in every school speed zone in such city; and to amend chapter
189 of the laws of 2013 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the
public officers law relating to establishing in a city with a popu-
lation of one million or more a demonstration program implementing
speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by means of
photo devices, in relation to eliminating the expiration and repeal of
the provisions 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 1180-b of the
2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 43 of the laws of 2014,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is
5 hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
6 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
7 to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
8 the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in para-
9 graphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty
10 of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as
11 provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
12 eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days
13 during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school
14 day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to
15 thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately
16 after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
17 the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within [no
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 more than one hundred forty] all school speed zones within the city [at
2 any one time] and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a
3 school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of
4 subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv)
5 when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b),
6 (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during
7 the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour
8 before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during
9 student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately
10 before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activ-
11 ities. [In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate
12 a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider
13 criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history,
14 and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.]
15 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle
16 and traffic law, as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended
17 to read as follows:
18 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is
19 hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
20 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
21 to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
22 the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in para-
23 graphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty
24 of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as
25 provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
26 eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days
27 during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school
28 day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to
29 thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately
30 after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
31 the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within [no
32 more than twenty] all school speed zones within the city [at any one
33 time] and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a school
34 speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdi-
35 vision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when
36 other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d),
37 (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during the
38 following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour
39 before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during
40 student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately
41 before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activ-
42 ities. [In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate
43 a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider
44 criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history,
45 and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.]
46 § 3. The opening paragraph of section 15 of chapter 189 of the laws of
47 2013 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law
48 relating to establishing in a city with a population of one million or
49 more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring
50 systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices is amended to
51 read as follows:
52 This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
53 become a law [and shall expire 5 years after such effective date when
54 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed];
55 [and] provided [further] that any rules necessary for the implementation
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1 of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such
2 effective date, provided further that:
3 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
4 of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
5 become a law; provided that the amendments to paragraph 1 of subdivision
6 (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, made by section
7 one of this act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such
8 paragraph pursuant to section 12 of chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, as
9 amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect.
