Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 02, 2011 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request |
Feb 08, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 07, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2011 |
1st report cal.55 |
Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2580
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 7th Senate District
2011-S2580 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4763
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1111-b, V & T L
2011-S2580 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2580 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the demonstration program authorized within Nassau county PURPOSE: This Legislation seeks to prevent the deaths and injuries caused by motorists running red light by expanding Nassau County's existing demonstration program by increasing the number of intersections authorized to install traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices from fifty to one hundred. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Section 1111-b of the vehicle and traffic law by increasing the number of intersections that the County of Nassau may install photo violation-monitoring devices from fifty to one hundred. Section 2: Effective date JUSTIFICATION: Red light running accidents are often the worst type of accident; they tend to involve speed and "right-angle" impacts, which lead to a large number bodily injuries and death to motorists, passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists. The extended use of photo
2011-S2580 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2580 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, MARTINS -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the demon- stration program authorized within Nassau county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 19 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county of Nassau is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordi- nance establishing a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in such county in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demonstration program shall empower such county to install and operate traffic-control signal photo viola- tion-monitoring devices at no more than [fifty] ONE HUNDRED inter- sections within and under the jurisdiction of such county at any one time. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 1111-b 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08446-02-1
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