Senate Bill S1543

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 250

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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-S1543 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
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
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4234
2013-2014: S459
2015-2016: S693

2017-S1543 - Summary

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 250; makes certain provisions of law permanent.

2017-S1543 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1543 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1543
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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  making  such  provisions
   permanent;  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 making such provisions permanent
 
   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 18 of the laws of 2009,
 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]
 TWO hundred fifty intersections within such city at any one time.
   § 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 18 of the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking  violations
 bureau  is  hereby authorized and empowered to establish a demonstration
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2017-S1543A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
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
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4234
2013-2014: S459
2015-2016: S693

2017-S1543A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of traffic light cameras permitted in New York city to 250; makes certain provisions of law permanent.

2017-S1543A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1543A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1543--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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  making such provisions
   permanent; 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 making such provisions permanent
 
   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 18 of the laws  of  2009,
 is amended and a new paragraph 3 is added 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]
 TWO hundred fifty intersections within such city at any one time.
   3.    ANY  CITY WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INSTALL SIGNS  GIVING  NOTICE  TO  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 OPERATORS  THAT  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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