Senate Bill S4658

2019-2020 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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2019-S4658 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
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
2015-2016: S3509
2017-2018: S518

2019-S4658 (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.

2019-S4658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4658
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 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.
   §  2.  Section  1709  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   43. TO PASS A RESOLUTION, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD,  AUTHORIZING
 THE  USE  OF SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGH-
 TEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE  BOARD  MAY  ALSO
 ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD PARTY FOR THE INSTALLATION, ADMINIS-
 TRATION, OPERATION, NOTICE PROCESSING, AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH  CAMERAS,
 AND  FOR  THE  SHARING  OF REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUCH CAMERAS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, PROVIDED
 THAT THE PURCHASE, LEASE, INSTALLATION, OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE,  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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