Senate Bill S7658

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a pilot program for high-occupancy vehicle compliance monitoring technology

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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

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2019-S7658 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6785
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §23, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2229

2019-S7658 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program to authorize the use of high-occupancy vehicle compliance monitoring technology to detect the number of occupants in a vehicle and to report on the efficiency rates of such technology and to make recommendations on how such technology can be implemented statewide.

2019-S7658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7658
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the transportation law, in relation to establishing a
   pilot program for high-occupancy vehicle compliance  monitoring  tech-
   nology
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
 23 to read as follows:
   §  23.  PILOT PROGRAM FOR HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE COMPLIANCE MONITORING
 TECHNOLOGY.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION  "HIGH-OCCUPANCY  VEHICLE
 COMPLIANCE  MONITORING  TECHNOLOGY"  MEANS  TECHNOLOGY  THAT DETECTS THE
 NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, IN COOPERATION  WITH  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF
 STATE  POLICE,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY AND  LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES,
 DEVELOP  AND IMPLEMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF A PILOT
 PROGRAM FOR HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE COMPLIANCE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY.
   3. WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  REPORT  TO  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR. SUCH REPORT  SHALL
 INCLUDE  INFORMATION  REGARDING THE EFFICIENCY OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE
 COMPLIANCE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY AND THE IMPACT  OF  THE  USES  OF  SUCH
 TECHNOLOGY  ON  THE  NUMBER  OF  HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE VIOLATIONS.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE EFFICIENCY RATES OF SUCH  TECHNOLOGY  AND,
 WHEN SUCH EFFICIENCY RATES ARE ABOVE THE NINETIETH PERCENTILE, RECOMMEN-
 DATIONS ON HOW SUCH TECHNOLOGY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED STATEWIDE.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ENROLL, OR TO APPLY FOR ENROLLMENT,
 IN  ANY FEDERAL PILOT PROGRAM OR PROJECT FOR THE COLLECTION AND STUDY OF
 DATA RELATED TO THE USE OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE COMPLIANCE  MONITORING
 TECHNOLOGY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04264-01-9

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