Assembly Bill A11189

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A11189 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9031
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1604 & 1709, Ed L; amd V & T L, generally; amd §12, Chap 43 of 2014; amd §15, Chap 189 of 2013; amd §87, Pub Off L

2017-A11189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a resolution by the board of trustees of a school district to authorize the installation, administration, operation, notice processing and maintenance of and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus; provides for owner liability of a motor vehicle detected by a camera to have illegally passed or overtaken a school bus; provides that liability shall be a monetary penalty in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars; relates to photo speed violation monitoring systems in school zones in the city of New York

2017-A11189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11189
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Heastie,
   Glick, Magnarelli, Peoples-Stokes) -- read once and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law and the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation to authorizing the installation and use of safety cameras  on
   school  buses for the purpose of monitoring overtaking  and passing of
   school bus violations; 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  moni-
   toring  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, 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 the effectiveness thereof; to amend  the
   vehicle  and  traffic  law and the public officers law, in relation to
   establishing in the city of Buffalo a demonstration program implement-
   ing speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by  means
   of  photo  devices; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and  intent. The transportation of
 school children to and from school is  an  important  component  of  the
 state's  obligation to ensure adequate support of a public school system
 for the education of all children  of  the  State.  Safely  transporting
 students  to  and from school is necessary to afford all children of the
 State an education.   School bus cameras and  speed  cameras  in  school
 zones  contribute  to  students'  safety  and reduce unnecessary dangers
 students face when travelling to school.  Furthermore,  high  population
 cities  in  New York have more students living in close proximity to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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