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                                  7894

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  that in communities where traffic-control signal photo violation-moni-
  toring  devices  are in use yellow signal lights meet minimum duration
  requirements

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 1111-e to read as follows:
  S 1111-E. YELLOW SIGNAL LIGHTS; MINIMUM DURATION WHERE TRAFFIC-CONTROL
SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING DEVICES ARE IN USE.  (A)  ANY  MUNICI-
PALITY OPERATING A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM THAT IMPOSES MONETARY LIABILITY
ON  THE  OWNER  OF THE VEHICLE FOR THE FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO
COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL
REQUIRE  YELLOW SIGNAL LIGHTS IN EVERY INTERSECTION WHERE A TRAFFIC-CON-
TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATIONS-MONITORING DEVICE IS IN OPERATION  TO  MEET
MINIMUM  DURATION  PERIODS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO
VIOLATION-MONITORING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN A VEHICLE  SENSOR  INSTALLED  TO
WORK  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL WHICH AUTOMATICALLY
PRODUCES TWO OR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, TWO OR MORE MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, A  VIDE-
OTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES OF EACH VEHICLE AT THE TIME IT IS USED OR
OPERATED IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEV-
EN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  ALL  YELLOW  SIGNAL LIGHTS LOCATED WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL
PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING DEVICE IS IN OPERATION SHALL MEET THE FOLLOW-
ING MINIMUM DURATION PERIODS:
  1. A MINIMUM DURATION OF THREE SECONDS IN INTERSECTIONS WITH A MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  2. A MINIMUM DURATION OF THREE AND ONE-HALF SECONDS  IN  INTERSECTIONS
WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF THIRTY MILES PER HOUR;
  3.  A MINIMUM DURATION OF FOUR SECONDS IN INTERSECTIONS WITH A MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMIT OF THIRTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR;
  4. A MINIMUM DURATION OF FOUR AND ONE-HALF  SECONDS  IN  INTERSECTIONS
WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF FORTY MILES PER HOUR;
  5.  A MINIMUM DURATION OF FIVE SECONDS IN INTERSECTIONS WITH A MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMIT OF FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR;
  6. A MINIMUM DURATION OF FIVE AND ONE-HALF  SECONDS  IN  INTERSECTIONS
WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF FIFTY MILES PER HOUR; AND
  7.  A  MINIMUM DURATION OF SIX SECONDS IN INTERSECTIONS WITH A MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMIT OF FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
  (C) ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO
VIOLATION-MONITORING DEVICE IS IN OPERATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN INDE-
PENDENT  RANDOM  ANNUAL AUDIT BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM MINIMUM DURA-
TION PERIODS REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION  ARE  MET.  ANY
TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  FOUND NOT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION
SHALL RESULT IN  THE  REFUND  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  THE  LAST  PREVIOUSLY
PERFORMED  AUDIT  OF  ALL  MONETARY PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR A VIOLATION OF
SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE AT SUCH
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided,  however,  effective  immediately,
the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
ized to be made on or before such date.