Senate Bill S9031

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-S9031 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11189
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
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-S9031 (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-S9031 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9031
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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
 students'  schools,  so  the use of photo enforcement to deter motorists
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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