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Assembly Bill A7328

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to certain traffic-control indications in the city of New York

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2009-A7328 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3750
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989

2009-A7328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain traffic-control indications in the city of New York.

2009-A7328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7328

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SILVER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDET-
  TO,  BENJAMIN,  BING,  CLARK,  CYMBROWITZ, GIANARIS, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
  MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, MILLMAN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, TOWNS -- read once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
  of the city of New York, in relation to certain traffic-control  indi-
  cations; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehicle
  and  traffic  law,  the  general municipal 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 administrative code of the city of New York
  relating  to  civil  liability  of  vehicle 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:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the
vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 658 of the laws of  2006,
is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city with a popu-
lation of one million or more is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to
adopt  and  amend  a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration
program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for  fail-
ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
such city in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demon-
stration  program  shall  empower a city to install and operate traffic-
control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no  more  than  one
hundred FIFTY intersections within such city at any one time.
  S  2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 658  of  the
laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10846-01-9

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