S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8569--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 13, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation moni-
toring system
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 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 to read as follows:
2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
subdivision. The city shall install signs giving notice to approaching
motor vehicle operators that a photo speed violation monitoring system
is in use, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH SIGNS SHALL
BE PRIMARILY YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT
A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING USED FOR PHOTO
ENFORCEMENT, AND SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION
OF A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
§ 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-d of the vehicle
and traffic law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended
to read as follows:
2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
subdivision. The city shall install signs giving notice that a photo
speed violation monitoring system is in use to be mounted on advance
warning signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
speed zone and/or on speed limit signs applicable within such school
speed zone, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH SIGNS GIVING
NOTICE THAT A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS IN USE SHALL BE
PRIMARILY YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT A
PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING USED FOR PHOTO ENFORCE-
MENT, AND SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION OF A
PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to sections
1180-b and 1180-d of the vehicle and traffic law made by sections one
and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such sections and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.