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Senate Bill S3861

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the contents of a notice of liability issued for a speed camera violation

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2019-S3861 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1180-b & 1180-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S9107
2021-2022: S6178
2023-2024: S5039
2025-2026: S7085

2019-S3861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a violation captured by a speed camera to be dismissed upon the application of the person alleged to be liable for such violation if any information that is required to be inserted in the notice of liability is omitted from such notice of liability, misdescribed or illegible.

2019-S3861 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3861
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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, in relation to the contents
   of a notice of liability issued for a speed camera violation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of subdivision (g) of section 1180-b of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. (I) A notice of liability shall contain the name and address of the
 person alleged to be liable as an owner for a violation  of  subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this arti-
 cle  pursuant  to  this  section, the registration number of the vehicle
 involved in such violation,  the  location  where  such  violation  took
 place, the date and time of such violation, the identification number of
 the  camera  which  recorded  the  violation  or  other document locator
 number, at least two date and time stamped images of  the  rear  of  the
 motor  vehicle  that  include  the same stationary object near the motor
 vehicle, and the SIGNED certificate charging the liability.
   (II) IF ANY INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE INSERTED IN A NOTICE OF
 LIABILITY IS OMITTED FROM SUCH  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY,  MISDESCRIBED  OR
 ILLEGIBLE,  THE  VIOLATION  SHALL  BE  DISMISSED UPON APPLICATION OF THE
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION.
   § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (g) of section 1180-c of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic law, as added by chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, is amended
 to read as follows:
   2. (I) A notice of liability shall contain the name and address of the
 person alleged to be liable as an owner for a violation  of  subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this arti-
 cle  pursuant  to  this  section, the registration number of the vehicle
 involved in such violation,  the  location  where  such  violation  took
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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