Senate Bill S518B

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-S518 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A321
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1604 & 1709, Ed L; add §1118, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5028, A7350
2015-2016: S3509, A1520
2019-2020: S923, S4658

2017-S518 - 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.

2017-S518 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S518 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    518
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  ADDABBO,  AKSHAR, AVELLA, BONACIC, FUNKE,
   LATIMER, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, PERALTA, RITCHIE, SAVINO,  VALESKY
   -- 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 education 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  and  the
   public  officers  law,  in relation to owner liability for an operator
   illegally overtaking or passing a school bus; and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "school bus camera safety act".
   §  2.  Legislative intent. In the state of New York, 2.5 million chil-
 dren ride school buses and public transportation to and from school each
 day. The legislature recognizes that the safe transportation of children
 to and from school is a shared responsibility of  each  school  district
 and  the driving public. It is the intent of this legislature to author-
 ize school districts to utilize school  bus  safety  camera  technology,
 which  will  identify  drivers  who violate the law by passing a stopped
 school bus with its red flashing signal lamps illuminated and  stop  arm
 engaged.
   § 3. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
   21-J.  SCHOOL BUSES OWNED OR CONTRACTED FOR BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH
 HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS
 SAFETY  CAMERAS,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR-A OF
 THIS CHAPTER, MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH AND OPERATE  SUCH  CAMERAS.    SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S518A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A321
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1604 & 1709, Ed L; add §1118, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5028, A7350
2015-2016: S3509, A1520
2019-2020: S923, S4658

2017-S518A - 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.

2017-S518A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S518A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  518--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  ADDABBO,  AKSHAR, AVELLA, BONACIC, BOYLE,
   FUNKE, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, PERALTA, RITCHIE,  SAVINO,  TEDISCO,
   VALESKY  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education 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  and  the
   public  officers  law,  in relation to owner liability for an operator
   illegally overtaking or passing a school bus; and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "school bus camera safety act".
   §  2.  Legislative intent. In the state of New York, 2.5 million chil-
 dren ride school buses and public transportation to and from school each
 day. The legislature recognizes that the safe transportation of children
 to and from school is a shared responsibility of  each  school  district
 and  the driving public. It is the intent of this legislature to author-
 ize school districts to utilize school  bus  safety  camera  technology,
 which  will  identify  drivers  who violate the law by passing a stopped
 school bus with its red flashing signal lamps illuminated and  stop  arm
 engaged.
   § 3. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S518B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A321
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1604 & 1709, Ed L; add §1118, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5028, A7350
2015-2016: S3509, A1520
2019-2020: S923, S4658

2017-S518B (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.

2017-S518B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S518B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  518--B
     Cal. No. 603
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  ADDABBO,  AKSHAR, AVELLA, BONACIC, BOYLE,
   FUNKE, HELMING, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, PERALTA,  RITCHIE,  SAVINO,
   TEDISCO,  VALESKY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  recommitted  to
   the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee  --  reported  favorably  from  said
   committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
   order of third reading
 
 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
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  1604 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ-
 ING THE USE OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 EIGHTEEN  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY
 ALSO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH  A  THIRD  PARTY  FOR  THE  INSTALLATION,
 ADMINISTRATION,  OPERATION,  NOTICE  PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
 CAMERAS, AND FOR THE SHARING OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,
 PROVIDED  THAT  THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTE-
 NANCE, OR ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH  SUCH  CAMERAS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 CONSIDERED  AN  AIDABLE  EXPENSE  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 TWENTY-THREE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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