Assembly Bill A11042

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "FURIOUS Act" authorizing the city of New York to operate photo speed violation monitoring systems in a school speed zone which the city has identified as an area of special concern for street racing

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-A11042 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8980
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1180-b & 1182, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A579, S77

2019-A11042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "FURIOUS Act" authorizing the city of New York to operate photo speed violation monitoring systems at any time in a school speed zone which the city of New York has identified as an area of special concern for illegal street racing.

2019-A11042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11042
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 7, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rozic) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
   "FURIOUS Act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fighting
 Underground Racing In Our Streets Act" or "The FURIOUS Act."
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  30 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended and a new paragraph 1-a is added 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
 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 weekdays between the hours of six o'clock A.M.
 and ten o'clock P.M., EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH ONE-A OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION. Such demonstration program shall empower the  city  of
 New  York  to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no
 more than seven hundred fifty school speed zones within 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  week-
 days  between the hours of six o'clock A.M. and ten o'clock P.M., EXCEPT
 AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH ONE-A OF THIS SUBDIVISION. In select-
 ing a school speed zone in which to install and operate  a  photo  speed
 violation  monitoring system, the city of New York shall consider crite-
 ria including, but not limited to, the speed data,  crash  history,  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.