S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
June 22, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, GOLDEN, FELDER -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to photo speed
violation monitoring systems in school speed zones in the city of New
York; to amend chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, amending the vehicle
and traffic law, the public officers law and the general municipal law
relating to photo speed violation monitoring systems in school speed
zones in the city of New York, in relation to making technical
corrections thereto; to amend chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, amend-
ing 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, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to doubling the fines for traffic infractions and traffic
misdemeanors committed in school traffic control zones; and to amend
the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certain monetary penalties
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] SUCH city (i) 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 (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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
the city OF NEW YORK to install photo speed violation monitoring systems
within no more than one hundred forty school speed zones within [the]
SUCH 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 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 activities. In selecting a school speed zone in which to
install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city
OF NEW YORK shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, the
speed data, crash history, and the roadway geometry applicable to such
school speed zone. SUCH CITY SHALL PRIORITIZE THE PLACEMENT OF PHOTO
SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS IN SCHOOL SPEED ZONES BASED UPON
SPEED DATA OR THE CRASH HISTORY OF A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE. A PHOTO SPEED
VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED OR OPERATED ON A
CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP OR WITHIN THREE HUNDRED FEET ALONG A
HIGHWAY THAT CONTINUES FROM THE END OF A CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY EXIT
RAMP.
§ 2. Paragraph 2 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:
2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
subdivision. The city [may] SHALL install signs giving notice that a
photo speed violation monitoring system is in use to be mounted on
advance warning signs notifying APPROACHING motor vehicle operators of
such upcoming school speed zone and/or on speed limit signs applicable
within such school speed zone, in conformance with standards established
in the MUTCD. SUCH ADVANCE WARNING SIGNS SHALL ALSO, TO THE EXTENT
AUTHORIZED BY THE MUTCD, CONTAIN THE WORDS "SPEED CAMERA AHEAD" AND BE
NO MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITOR-
ING SYSTEM.
§ 3. Subdivision (n) 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:
(n) If the city adopts a demonstration program pursuant to subdivision
[one] (A) of this section it shall conduct a study and submit [a] AN
ANNUAL report on the results of the use of photo devices to the gover-
nor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assem-
bly ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND ON THE SAME DATE
IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR IN WHICH THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS OPERABLE.
Such report shall include:
1. the locations where and dates when photo speed violation monitoring
systems were used;
2. the aggregate number, type and severity of crashes, fatalities,
injuries and property damage reported within all school speed zones
within the city, to the extent the information is maintained by the
department of motor vehicles of this state;
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3. the aggregate number, type and severity of crashes, fatalities,
injuries and property damage reported within school speed zones where
photo speed violation monitoring systems were used, to the extent the
information is maintained by the department of motor vehicles of this
state;
4. the number of violations recorded within all school speed zones
within the city, in the aggregate on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
5. the number of violations recorded within each school speed zone
where a photo speed violation monitoring system is used, in the aggre-
gate on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
6. the number of violations recorded within all school speed zones
within the city that were:
(i) more than ten but not more than twenty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit;
(ii) more than twenty but not more than thirty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit;
(iii) more than thirty but not more than forty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit; and
(iv) more than forty miles per hour over the posted speed limit;
7. the number of violations recorded within each school speed zone
where a photo speed violation monitoring system is used that were:
(i) more than ten but not more than twenty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit;
(ii) more than twenty but not more than thirty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit;
(iii) more than thirty but not more than forty miles per hour over the
posted speed limit; and
(iv) more than forty miles per hour over the posted speed limit;
8. the total number of notices of liability issued for violations
recorded by such systems;
9. the number of fines and total amount of fines paid after the first
notice of liability issued for violations recorded by such systems;
10. the number of violations adjudicated and the results of such adju-
dications including breakdowns of dispositions made for violations
recorded by such systems;
11. the total amount of revenue realized by the city in connection
with the program;
12. the expenses incurred by the city in connection with the program;
[and]
13. the quality of the adjudication process and its results; AND
14. THE EFFECTIVENESS AND ADEQUACY OF THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR SUCH
PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT ON SPEEDING VIOLATIONS AND PREVENTION OF
CRASHES.
§ 4. The opening paragraph of section 12 of chapter 43 of the laws of
2014, amending the vehicle and traffic law, the public officers law and
the general municipal law relating to photo speed violation monitoring
systems in school speed zones in the city of New York, is amended to
read as follows:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law [and]; PROVIDED THAT SECTIONS ONE THROUGH TEN OF THIS ACT
shall expire 4 years after such effective date when upon such date the
provisions of SUCH SECTIONS 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 effec-
tive date, provided that:
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§ 5. 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 AND 6 MONTHS 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 imple-
mentation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or
before such effective date, provided that:
§ 6. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new sections
1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
§ 1800-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. NOTWITH-
STANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE AND
ANY RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THAT PART OF ANY HIGHWAY ADJA-
CENT TO A SCHOOL WHERE MAXIMUM SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTAB-
LISHED, SHALL ALSO BE DESIGNATED A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE AND SHALL
BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP
SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING A SCHOOL
SAFETY ZONE WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE. ALL FINES FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL
ZONE SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE SET OUT IN THIS CHAP-
TER FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS.
§ 1801-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; MISDEMEANORS. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY
RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ALL FINES FOR MISDEMEANOR
CONVICTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL
TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE, AS DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED-A OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE
SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
§ 7. Subdivision (e) 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:
(e) An owner liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f)
or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article pursuant to a
demonstration program established pursuant to this section shall be
liable for monetary penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and
penalties to be promulgated by the parking violations bureau of the city
of New York. The liability of the owner pursuant to this section shall
not exceed fifty dollars for each violation; provided, however, that
such parking violations bureau may provide for an additional penalty not
in excess of twenty-five dollars for each violation for the failure to
respond to a notice of liability within the prescribed time period. ALL
MONETARY PENALTIES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED
EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT
OR STOP SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING A
SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately:
(a) provided that the amendments to section 1180-b of the vehicle and
traffic law made by sections one, two, three and seven of this act shall
not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
ewith; and provided further that the amendments to paragraph 2 of subdi-
vision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law made by
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section two of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after
this act shall have become a law; and
(b) provided, however, that the provisions of sections six and seven
of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is imme-
diately authorized and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
on its effective date.
