S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6453
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 7, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred 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:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the
vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 43 of the laws of 2014,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is
hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in para-
graphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty
of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as
provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days
during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school
day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to
thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately
after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within [no
more than one hundred forty] ALL school speed zones within the city [at
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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any one time] and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a
school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of
subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv)
when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b),
(d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during
the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour
before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during
student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately
before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activ-
ities. [In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate
a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider
criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history,
and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.]
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle
and traffic law, as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is
hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in para-
graphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty
of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as
provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days
during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school
day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to
thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately
after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within [no
more than twenty] ALL school speed zones within the city [at any one
time] and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a school
speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdi-
vision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when
other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d),
(f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during the
following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour
before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during
student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately
before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activ-
ities. [In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate
a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider
criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history,
and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.]
§ 3. The opening paragraph of section 15 of 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 population of one million or
more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring
systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices is amended to
read as follows:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law [and shall expire 5 years after such effective date when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed];
[and] provided [further] that any rules necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such
effective date, provided FURTHER that:
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§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law; provided that the amendments to paragraph 1 of subdivision
(a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, made by section
one of this act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such
paragraph pursuant to section 12 of chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, as
amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect.