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                                  415--A
     Cal. No. 1520
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged  and  said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
   ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law
   and the public officers law, in relation to  certain  traffic  infrac-
   tions  and notices of liability; to amend the vehicle and traffic law,
   in relation to adjudications and owner liability for  a  violation  of
   traffic-control  signal indications in the village of Pelham Manor; to
   repeal certain provisions of the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  relating
   thereto; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expi-
   ration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED  and
 a new section 235 is added to read as follows:
   §  235. JURISDICTION. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
 ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY, IN ANY CITY WHICH HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH
 AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL:  (A)  TO  HEAR AND DETERMINE COMPLAINTS OF
 TRAFFIC  INFRACTIONS  CONSTITUTING   PARKING,   STANDING   OR   STOPPING
 VIOLATIONS,  OR (B) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS
 OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY
 ON  THE  OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY
 WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND  OPERATION
 OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR (C) TO ADJUDICATE THE
 LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F)  OR
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02079-09-1

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 (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
 A  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY  WITH  SUCH  POSTED
 MAXIMUM  SPEED  LIMITS  THROUGH  THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO
 SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  OR  (D)  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS  FOR
 VIOLATIONS OF BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF
 THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSED  PURSUANT TO A BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM IMPOSING
 MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN  OPERATOR
 THEREOF  TO COMPLY WITH SUCH BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLA-
 TION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR  (E)  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF
 OWNERS  FOR VIOLATIONS OF TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY CERTAIN
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THE LAW AUTHORIZING SUCH PUBLIC  AUTHORI-
 TIES  TO IMPOSE MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE
 OF AN  OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  OF
 SUCH  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION OF
 PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 TWO  THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND
 SECTIONS SIXTEEN-A, SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C  OF  CHAPTER  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, OR (F) TO ADJUDICATE
 THE  LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED AND EQUIPPED AS
 PROVIDED IN  SUBDIVISIONS  TWENTY  AND  TWENTY-ONE-C  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE  OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE  FOR
 FAILURE  OF  AN  OPERATOR  THEREOF  TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED VISUAL
 SIGNALS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS  PHOTO
 VIOLATION  MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF
 THIS CHAPTER, SUCH TRIBUNAL AND THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PERTAINING
 THERETO SHALL BE CONSTITUTED IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE FOLLOW-
 ING SECTIONS.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL
 OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CONTRARY,  ANY  CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION  IN  EXCESS  OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS ACCORDING TO THE
 NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY UNITED STATES CENSUS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO  AS
 A  CITY SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF PARKING VIOLATIONS AND OF THE IMPOSITION
 OF ADDITIONAL PENALTIES WHENEVER THE PERSON WHO IS LIABLE THEREFOR FAILS
 TO RESPOND TO THE PARKING TICKET IN THE MANNER DESIGNATED THEREON.  SUCH
 NOTICE  SHALL  BE  IN  SUBSTANTIAL  CONFORMANCE   WITH   THE   FOLLOWING
 PROVISIONS:
   A.  NOTICE.  (1)  WHENEVER  A  CITY ISSUES A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A
 PARKING VIOLATION, IT SHALL BE SERVED IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (2) WHENEVER A PERSON HAS BEEN ISSUED A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR  A
 PARKING  VIOLATION  AND HAS NOT RESPONDED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE
 NOTICE, A CITY SHALL GIVE THE OWNER A SECOND NOTICE OF THE VIOLATION  BY
 REGULAR FIRST CLASS MAIL: (I) WITHIN FORTY DAYS OF ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST
 NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARKING VIOLATION WHERE THE VEHICLE IS A VEHI-
 CLE  REGISTERED  IN THIS STATE; OR (II) WITHIN FORTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT
 BY SUCH CITY OF THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OWNER OF THE  VEHICLE  WHERE
 THE  VEHICLE  IS  A  VEHICLE REGISTERED IN ANY OTHER STATE.  SUCH SECOND
 NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) THAT THE OWNER HAS A PERIOD OF TWENTY DAYS FROM  ISSUANCE  OF  THE
 SECOND NOTICE IN WHICH TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARK-
 ING VIOLATION;

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   (B)  THAT  FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION MAY RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION AND NON-RENEWAL  OF  THE  OWNER'S
 REGISTRATION;
   (C)  THAT  FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION MAY SUBJECT THE OWNER TO ADDITIONAL PENALTIES AS  PROVIDED  IN
 PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (D)  THAT  FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION SHALL SUBJECT THE OWNER TO A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS  PROVIDED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  C  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION AND THE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES IMPOSED
 UPON PARKING VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (E) THAT SUBMISSION OF A PLEA OF GUILTY TO THE PARKING VIOLATION MAKES
 THE OWNER LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE STATED FINE AND ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
 IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AND  THE  MANDATORY
 SURCHARGE OF FIFTEEN DOLLARS IMPOSED UPON PARKING VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B.  ADDITIONAL PENALTIES. (1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, EACH
 LOCALITY SHALL DETERMINE AN INITIAL RESPONSE DATE OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHT
 DAYS NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS,  AFTER  WHICH  TIME  A  PENALTY  MAY  BE
 IMPOSED.  THE  LIABILITY  FOR SUCH INITIAL PENALTY SHALL COMMENCE ON THE
 DATE FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RESPONSE DATE.
   (2) FAILURE TO  RESPOND  TO  A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR  A  PARKING
 VIOLATION BY THE INITIAL RESPONSE DATE MAY RESULT IN THE LIABILITY FOR A
 PENALTY  IN  AN  AMOUNT OF THE FINE INDICATED ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION
 FOR A PARKING VIOLATION; WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN A SECOND NOTICE PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL
 PENALTIES MAY APPLY:
   (A) FAILURE TO  RESPOND  TO  A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR  A  PARKING
 VIOLATION  BY  THE INITIAL RESPONSE DATE MAY RESULT IN THE LIABILITY FOR
 AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TEN DOLLARS OR, IF THE FIRST PENALTY
 ASSESSED BY A CITY DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE DOLLARS, SUCH CITY MAY ASSESS AN
 ADDITIONAL PENALTY WITHIN THIRTY-ONE TO SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS NOT TO  EXCEED
 TEN DOLLARS; AND
   (B)  WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN A SECOND NOTICE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARK-
 ING VIOLATION WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS  MAY  RESULT  IN  THE  LIABILITY,
 COMMENCING  ON  THE  SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY, FOR AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY NOT TO
 EXCEED TWENTY DOLLARS.
   (3) WHERE THE ADDITIONAL PENALTY SCHEDULE SET  FORTH  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH
 TWO  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, AS INTERPRETED IN 9 NEW YORK CODE OF RULES AND
 REGULATIONS PART 6180, HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY A CITY AND IS NOT  IN
 EFFECT  IN  SUCH CITY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-THREE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT  APPLY.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT
 BE  CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND IN EFFECT UNLESS THE PENALTY
 SCHEDULE CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO PARKING  VIOLATIONS
 ISSUED  IN  SUCH CITY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-THREE.
   B-1. ALTERNATE ADDITIONAL PENALTY SCHEDULE. IN ANY CITY IN  WHICH  THE
 SCHEDULE  OF  PENALTIES  CONTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH B OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, AS INTERPRETED IN 9 NEW YORK CODE OF RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PART 6180, HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WAS NOT IN EFFECT ON OR
 BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE, THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY APPLY UPON ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW CONTAINING
 THE PENALTY SCHEDULE PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH PRIOR TO MARCH 28, 1993.
 FOLLOWING  THE  ENACTMENT  OF  SUCH  A LOCAL LAW, SUCH CITY MAY ELECT TO
 IMPOSE THE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE  AND  TWO

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 OF  THIS PARAGRAPH FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A
 PARKING VIOLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH. IN THE  EVENT  THAT
 NO  SUCH  LOCAL  LAW  WAS ENACTED PRIOR TO MARCH 28, 1993, THE ALTERNATE
 ADDITIONAL  PENALTY SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH B-2 OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL APPLY.
   (1) FAILURE TO  RESPOND  TO  A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR  A  PARKING
 VIOLATION  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS SHALL RESULT IN LIABILITY, COMMENCING ON
 THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY, FOR AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY  IN  AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  TEN  DOLLARS, INDICATED ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION; WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN A SECOND NOTICE PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH
 A  OF THIS SUBDIVISION FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A
 PARKING VIOLATION  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  MAY  RESULT  IN  LIABILITY,
 COMMENCING  ON THE FORTY-SIXTH DAY, FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED ABOVE FOR
 FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AND AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY  NOT  TO
 EXCEED TWENTY DOLLARS; AND WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN A SECOND NOTICE PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF
 VIOLATION FOR A PARKING VIOLATION WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS MAY RESULT IN
 LIABILITY,  COMMENCING  ON  THE  SEVENTY-SIXTH  DAY,  FOR  THE PENALTIES
 PRESCRIBED ABOVE FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AND FOR FAIL-
 URE TO RESPOND WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY  NOT  TO
 EXCEED THIRTY DOLLARS.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING SCHEDULE OF ALTERNATIVE ADDITIONAL
 PENALTIES, IF AN OWNER MAKES A PLEA OR APPEARS WITHIN TWENTY DAYS  AFTER
 ISSUANCE  OF A SECOND NOTICE OF VIOLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH A
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR PRIOR TO SUCH MAILING, SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PENALTY
 SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN DOLLARS.
   B-2.  ALTERNATE  ADDITIONAL PENALTY SCHEDULE. IN ANY CITY IN WHICH THE
 SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AS
 INTERPRETED  IN  9 NEW YORK CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS PART 6180, HAS
 NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WAS NOT IN EFFECT ON OR BEFORE  JANUARY  FIRST,
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  AND  WHICH  HAS NOT ENACTED A LOCAL LAW
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B-1 OF THIS SUBDIVISION PRIOR TO MARCH  28,  1993,
 THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATE ADDITIONAL PENALTY SCHEDULE SHALL APPLY:
   (1)  FAILURE  TO  RESPOND  TO  A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION WITHIN EIGHT DAYS MAY RESULT IN THE LIABILITY,  COMMENCING  ON
 THE NINTH DAY, FOR AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
 DOLLARS;
   (2)  FAILURE  TO  RESPOND  TO  A  NOTICE  OF  VIOLATION  FOR A PARKING
 VIOLATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS MAY RESULT IN THE LIABILITY, COMMENCING  ON
 THE  THIRTY-FIRST  DAY,  FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED ABOVE FOR FAILURE TO
 RESPOND WITHIN EIGHT DAYS AND AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY NOT  TO  EXCEED  TEN
 DOLLARS  OR,  IF  THE FIRST PENALTY ASSESSED BY THE CITY DOES NOT EXCEED
 FIVE DOLLARS, SUCH CITY MAY ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY WITHIN  THIRTY-
 ONE TO SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS NOT TO EXCEED TEN DOLLARS;
   (3)  WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN A SECOND NOTICE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR A PARK-
 ING VIOLATION WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS  MAY  RESULT  IN  THE  LIABILITY,
 COMMENCING  ON THE SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY, FOR THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED ABOVE
 FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN EIGHT DAYS  AND  FOR  FAILURE  TO  RESPOND
 WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  AND  AN  ADDITIONAL  PENALTY  NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY
 DOLLARS; AND
   (4) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING SCHEDULE OF ALTERNATE PENALTIES,  IF
 AN  OWNER MAKES A PLEA OR APPEARS WITHIN TWENTY DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF A
 SECOND NOTICE OF VIOLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, OR PRIOR TO SUCH MAILING,  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PENALTY  SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED FIVE DOLLARS.

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   C.  DEFAULT  JUDGMENT. WHERE A CITY HAS GIVEN NOTICE PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION
 FOR A PARKING VIOLATION WITHIN NINETY DAYS SHALL BE DEEMED AN  ADMISSION
 OF  LIABILITY  AND  SHALL  SUBJECT THE OWNER TO A DEFAULT JUDGMENT BEING
 ENTERED THEREON IN AN AMOUNT NOT GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL
 FINE AND ACCRUED PENALTIES PLUS ANY APPLICABLE SURCHARGES.  SUCH DEFAULT
 SHALL  BE  REPORTED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  WHICH DEPARTMENT SHALL CAUSE A
 SUSPENSION AND NON-RENEWAL OF THE OWNER'S REGISTRATION PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR-C  OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   3. NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED  TO  AUTHORIZE
 THE IMPOSITION OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAIL-
 URE  OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR
 REGULATION THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A PHOTO ENFORCEMENT
 DEVICE OR SYSTEM, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY AUTHORIZED  BY  ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-NINE OR THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, BY SECTION TWO THOU-
 SAND  NINE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, OR BY
 SECTIONS SIXTEEN-A, SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C  OF  CHAPTER  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR  OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, NOR BE CONSTRUED TO
 GRANT ANY MUNICIPALITY THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH BY  LOCAL  LAW,  ORDI-
 NANCE, ORDER, RULE, REGULATION, RESOLUTION OR ANY OTHER MEANS, AN ADMIN-
 ISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  TO HEAR AND DETERMINE COMPLAINTS OF TRAFFIC INFRAC-
 TIONS  OR  JURISDICTION  TO  ADJUDICATE  ANY  LIABILITY  SET  FORTH   IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
   1. CREATION. IN ANY CITY AS HEREINBEFORE OR HEREAFTER AUTHORIZED  SUCH
 TRIBUNAL  WHEN  CREATED  SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU
 AND SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS  WHICH  CONSTITUTE  A
 PARKING VIOLATION AND, WHERE AUTHORIZED: (A) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY
 OF  OWNERS  FOR  VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO  A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE
 IMPOSING  MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN
 OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS THROUGH  THE
 INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-
 MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAP-
 TER, OR (B) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (B),  (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY
 OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO  A  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IMPOSING
 MONETARY  LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR
 THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED  MAXIMUM  SPEED  LIMITS  THROUGH  THE
 INSTALLATION  AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, OR (C) TO  ADJUDICATE
 THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS
 DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A BUS
 RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER  OF  A
 VEHICLE  FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH BUS LANE
 RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF  BUS  LANE  PHOTO
 DEVICES,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR (D)
 TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF TOLL  COLLECTION
 REGULATIONS  IMPOSED  BY  CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THE LAW
 AUTHORIZING SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TO IMPOSE MONETARY LIABILITY ON  THE
 OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE  FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH
 TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS  OF  SUCH  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  THROUGH  THE
 INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE  OF

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 THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B  AND
 SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY,  OR  (E)  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS FOR
 VIOLATIONS  OF  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN
 MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED AND EQUIPPED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS
 TWENTY  AND  TWENTY-ONE-C  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING   MONETARY
 LIABILITY  ON  THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF
 TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED VISUAL SIGNALS  THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION
 AND  OPERATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS  PHOTO  VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS  CHAPTER.    SUCH  TRIBUNAL,
 EXCEPT  IN  A  CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL ALSO
 HAVE JURISDICTION OF ABANDONED VEHICLE VIOLATIONS. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  A PARKING VIOLATION IS THE VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, RULE OR
 REGULATION PROVIDING FOR OR REGULATING THE PARKING, STOPPING OR STANDING
 OF A VEHICLE. IN ADDITION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  "COMMISSIONER"
 SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  THE COMMISSIONER OF TRAFFIC OF THE CITY OR AN
 OFFICIAL POSSESSING AUTHORITY AS SUCH A COMMISSIONER.
   § 3. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new  paragraph f is added to read as
 follows:
   F. "NOTICE OF VIOLATION" MEANS A NOTICE OF  VIOLATION  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE,
 BUT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT
 TO AUTHORIZATION SET FORTH  IN  ARTICLES  TWENTY-FOUR,  TWENTY-NINE  AND
 THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF
 THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B  AND
 SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED FIFTY TO IMPOSE MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR
 FAILURE  OF  AN  OPERATOR  THEREOF: TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDI-
 CATIONS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN
 OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION  OF  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE  TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXI-
 MUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F)  OR  (G)
 OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLA-
 TION AND OPERATION OF  PHOTO  SPEED  VIOLATION  MONITORING  SYSTEMS,  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO COMPLY WITH BUS
 LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY  ARTICLE  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO  COMPLY  WITH
 TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE
 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING  SYSTEMS,  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF
 THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES  LAW  AND    SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B  AND
 SIXTEEN-C  OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN
 HUNDRED FIFTY; OR TO STOP FOR A  SCHOOL  BUS  DISPLAYING  A  RED  VISUAL
 SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAP-
 TER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION
 MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   §  4. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic
 law are REPEALED and two new subdivisions 1 and 1-a are added to read as
 follows:
   1. NOTICE OF  HEARING.  WHENEVER  A  PERSON  CHARGED  WITH  A  PARKING
 VIOLATION  ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY; OR A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE

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 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW  SPECIFICALLY  AUTHORIZING  THE
 IMPOSITION  OF  MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE
 OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF: TO COMPLY WITH  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  INDICATIONS  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL
 PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED
 LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPER-
 ATION  OF  PHOTO  SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO COMPLY WITH BUS LANE  RESTRICTIONS
 AS  DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLA-
 TION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO COMPLY  WITH  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGU-
 LATIONS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPER-
 ATION  OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY; OR  TO  STOP
 FOR  A SCHOOL BUS DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND
 OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS,  IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, CONTESTS SUCH ALLEGATION,
 THE  BUREAU  SHALL  ADVISE  SUCH PERSON PERSONALLY BY SUCH FORM OF FIRST
 CLASS MAIL AS THE DIRECTOR MAY DIRECT OF THE DATE ON  WHICH  HE  OR  SHE
 MUST  APPEAR  TO ANSWER THE CHARGE AT A HEARING. THE FORM AND CONTENT OF
 SUCH NOTICE OF HEARING SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE  DIRECTOR,  AND  SHALL
 CONTAIN  A  WARNING  TO ADVISE THE PERSON SO PLEADING OR CONTESTING THAT
 FAILURE TO APPEAR ON THE DATE DESIGNATED, OR ON ANY SUBSEQUENT ADJOURNED
 DATE, SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF  LIABILITY,  AND  THAT  A  DEFAULT
 JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   1-A.  FINES  AND  PENALTIES.  WHENEVER  A  PLEA OF NOT GUILTY HAS BEEN
 ENTERED, OR THE BUREAU HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZING THE  IMPO-
 SITION OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN
 OPERATOR   THEREOF:   TO  COMPLY  WITH  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  INDICATIONS  IN
 VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL
 PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-
 FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR TO COMPLY WITH  CERTAIN  POSTED  MAXIMUM  SPEED
 LIMITS  IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN   HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER  THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION  AND
 OPERATION  OF  PHOTO  SPEED  VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH ARTICLE THIRTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  OR  TO  COMPLY  WITH  BUS  LANE
 RESTRICTIONS  AS  DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH
 THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  OR  TO  COMPLY WITH TOLL
 COLLECTION REGULATIONS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTAL-
 LATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO  THOUSAND  NINE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW AND SECTIONS SIXTEEN-A, SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C
 OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 FIFTY;  OR  TO  STOP  FOR A SCHOOL BUS DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN
 VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH
 THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION  MONITORING
 SYSTEMS,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, IS

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 BEING CONTESTED, BY A PERSON IN A TIMELY FASHION AND A HEARING UPON  THE
 MERITS  HAS  BEEN  DEMANDED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN HELD, THE BUREAU SHALL
 NOT ISSUE ANY NOTICE OF FINE OR PENALTY TO THAT PERSON PRIOR TO THE DATE
 OF THE HEARING.
   § 5. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle
 and traffic law are REPEALED and two new paragraphs a and g are added to
 read as follows:
   A. EVERY HEARING FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF A CHARGE OF PARKING VIOLATION
 OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
 (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
 A  LOCAL  LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY  WITH  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL  INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR AN ALLEGATION  OF  LIABILITY  OF  AN
 OWNER  FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B),  (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  A
 DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IMPOSING  MONETARY  LIABILITY  ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED
 MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  PHOTO
 SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF
 THIS  CHAPTER, OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION
 OF BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAP-
 TER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A BUS RAPID TRANSIT  PROGRAM  IMPOSING  MONETARY
 LIABILITY  ON  THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF
 TO COMPLY WITH SUCH BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE  INSTALLATION  AND
 OPERATION  OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-
 FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY OF AN  OWNER  FOR  A
 VIOLATION  OF  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  IMPOSED  BY CERTAIN PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THE LAW AUTHORIZING SUCH PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  TO
 IMPOSE  MONETARY  LIABILITY  ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN
 OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  OF  SUCH
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONI-
 TORING  SYSTEMS,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOU-
 SAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND SECTIONS
 SIXTEEN-A, SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR
 OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY  OF
 AN  OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS
 CHAPTER WHEN MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED AND  EQUIPPED  AS  PROVIDED  IN
 SUBDIVISIONS  TWENTY  AND TWENTY-ONE-C OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOS-
 ING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPER-
 ATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED VISUAL  SIGNALS  THROUGH  THE
 INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING
 SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL
 BE  HELD  BEFORE  A  HEARING EXAMINER IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE BUREAU.
   G. A RECORD SHALL BE MADE OF A HEARING ON A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY OR OF A
 HEARING AT WHICH LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  ANY  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW
 SPECIFICALLY  AUTHORIZING  THE  IMPOSITION  OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE
 OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF:  TO  COMPLY  WITH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL  INDICATIONS  IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPER-
 ATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING  SYSTEMS,  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH
 CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B),

 S. 415--A                           9
 
 (C),  (D),  (F)  OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER
 THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITOR-
 ING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ARTICLE  THIRTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  TO
 COMPLY  WITH  BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF
 THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF  BUS  LANE  PHOTO
 DEVICES,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO
 COMPLY WITH TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS OF  CERTAIN  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS SIXTEEN-A,
 SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THE
 LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY; OR TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS DISPLAYING A
 RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF
 THIS  CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO
 VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  IS  CONTESTED.    RECORDING  DEVICES MAY BE USED FOR THE
 MAKING OF THE RECORD.
   § 6. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law  are  REPEALED and two new subdivisions 1 and 2 are added to read as
 follows:
   1. THE HEARING EXAMINER SHALL MAKE A  DETERMINATION  ON  THE  CHARGES,
 EITHER  SUSTAINING OR DISMISSING THEM. WHERE THE HEARING EXAMINER DETER-
 MINES THAT THE CHARGES HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED HE OR SHE MAY EXAMINE  EITHER
 THE  PRIOR  PARKING  VIOLATIONS  RECORD  OR  THE  RECORD  OF LIABILITIES
 INCURRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZ-
 ING THE IMPOSITION OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A  VEHICLE  FOR
 FAILURE  OF  AN  OPERATOR  THEREOF: TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDI-
 CATIONS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN
 OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION  OF  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE  TWENTY-FOUR  OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM
 SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F)  OR  (G)  OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION
 AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH  ARTICLE  THIRTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  TO  COMPLY  WITH   BUS   LANE
 RESTRICTIONS  AS  DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH
 THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH TOLL COLLECTION
 REGULATIONS  OF  CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND
 OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORI-
 TIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER
 SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY; OR  TO
 STOP  FOR  A  SCHOOL  BUS DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE  INSTAL-
 LATION  AND  OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER,  OF  THE  PERSON
 CHARGED,  AS  APPLICABLE PRIOR TO RENDERING A FINAL DETERMINATION. FINAL
 DETERMINATIONS SUSTAINING OR DISMISSING CHARGES SHALL BE  ENTERED  ON  A
 FINAL  DETERMINATION ROLL MAINTAINED BY THE BUREAU TOGETHER WITH RECORDS
 SHOWING PAYMENT AND NONPAYMENT OF PENALTIES.
   2. WHERE AN OPERATOR OR OWNER FAILS TO ENTER A PLEA TO A CHARGE  OF  A
 PARKING  VIOLATION  OR  CONTEST AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZING  THE  IMPOSITION  OF
 MONETARY  LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR
 THEREOF: TO COMPLY WITH  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  INDICATIONS  IN  VIOLATION  OF

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 SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH
 THE  INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLA-
 TION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF  THIS
 CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION
 OF  SUBDIVISION  (B),  (C),  (D),  (F)  OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION  OF  PHOTO
 SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF
 THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF
 BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER;  TO  COMPLY  WITH TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION  OF  PHOTO-MONITORING
 SYSTEMS,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW   AND   SECTIONS
 SIXTEEN-A, SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR
 OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY; OR TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS
 DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF
 SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ARTI-
 CLE  TWENTY-NINE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  OR FAILS TO APPEAR ON A DESIGNATED
 HEARING DATE OR SUBSEQUENT ADJOURNED DATE OR FAILS AFTER  A  HEARING  TO
 COMPLY  WITH  THE  DETERMINATION OF A HEARING EXAMINER, AS PRESCRIBED BY
 THIS ARTICLE OR BY RULE OR REGULATION OF THE  BUREAU,  SUCH  FAILURE  TO
 PLEAD OR CONTEST, APPEAR OR COMPLY SHALL BE DEEMED, FOR ALL PURPOSES, AN
 ADMISSION OF LIABILITY AND SHALL BE GROUNDS FOR RENDERING AND ENTERING A
 DEFAULT  JUDGMENT  IN AN AMOUNT PROVIDED BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
 THE  BUREAU.  HOWEVER,  AFTER  THE  EXPIRATION  OF  THE  ORIGINAL   DATE
 PRESCRIBED  FOR  ENTERING  A  PLEA  AND BEFORE A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE
 RENDERED, IN SUCH CASE THE  BUREAU  SHALL  PURSUANT  TO  THE  APPLICABLE
 PROVISIONS  OF  LAW NOTIFY SUCH OPERATOR OR OWNER, BY SUCH FORM OF FIRST
 CLASS MAIL AS THE COMMISSION MAY DIRECT; (1) OF THE  VIOLATION  CHARGED,
 OR  LIABILITY  ALLEGED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIF-
 ICALLY AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER  OF
 A  VEHICLE  FOR  FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF: TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-
 CONTROL INDICATIONS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH  ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED
 MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISIONS (B), (C), (D), (F)  OR
 (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTAL-
 LATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH BUS  LANE
 RESTRICTIONS  AS  DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH
 THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH TOLL COLLECTION
 REGULATIONS  OF  CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND
 OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORI-
 TIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER
 SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY; OR  TO
 STOP  FOR  A  SCHOOL  BUS DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL SIGNAL IN VIOLATION OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE  INSTAL-
 LATION  AND  OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  (2)  OF  THE
 IMPENDING  DEFAULT  JUDGMENT,  (3) THAT SUCH JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED IN
 THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY IN WHICH THE BUREAU HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, OR

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 OTHER COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PLACE  PROVIDED  FOR  THE
 ENTRY  OF  CIVIL  JUDGMENTS WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND (4) THAT A
 DEFAULT MAY BE AVOIDED BY ENTERING A PLEA OR CONTESTING AN ALLEGATION OF
 LIABILITY  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFICALLY AUTHOR-
 IZING THE IMPOSITION OF MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR
 FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF: TO  COMPLY  WITH  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  INDI-
 CATIONS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN  POSTED  MAXIMUM
 SPEED  LIMITS  IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISIONS (B), (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION
 AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH   ARTICLE   THIRTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  TO  COMPLY  WITH  BUS  LANE
 RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS  CHAPTER  THROUGH
 THE  INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; TO COMPLY WITH TOLL COLLECTION
 REGULATIONS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE  INSTALLATION  AND
 OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF  SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORI-
 TIES LAW AND SECTIONS SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B  AND  SIXTEEN-C  OF  CHAPTER
 SEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY; OR TO
 STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS DISPLAYING A RED VISUAL  SIGNAL  IN  VIOLATION  OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER THROUGH THE INSTAL-
 LATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION  MONITORING  SYSTEMS,
 IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR MAKING AN
 APPEARANCE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE SENDING  OF  SUCH  NOTICE.    PLEAS
 ENTERED  AND  ALLEGATIONS  CONTESTED  WITHIN THAT PERIOD SHALL BE IN THE
 MANNER PRESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE AND NOT SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL PENALTY OR
 FEE. SUCH NOTICE OF IMPENDING DEFAULT JUDGMENT  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED
 PRIOR  TO  THE  RENDERING  AND ENTRY THEREOF IN THE CASE OF OPERATORS OR
 OWNERS WHO ARE NON-RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IN NO CASE  SHALL
 A DEFAULT JUDGMENT BE RENDERED OR, WHERE REQUIRED, A NOTICE OF IMPENDING
 DEFAULT  JUDGMENT  BE  SENT, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF
 THE TIME PRESCRIBED FOR ENTERING A PLEA  OR  CONTESTING  AN  ALLEGATION.
 WHEN  A  PERSON  HAS  DEMANDED  A  HEARING,  NO FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE
 IMPOSED FOR ANY REASON, PRIOR TO THE HOLDING  OF  THE  HEARING.  IF  THE
 HEARING  EXAMINER  SHALL MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THE CHARGES, SUSTAINING
 THEM, HE OR SHE SHALL IMPOSE NO GREATER PENALTY OR FINE THAN THOSE  UPON
 WHICH THE PERSON WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED.
   §  7. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle and
 traffic law is REPEALED and a new  paragraph  a  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   A.  (I)  IF  AT  THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR A REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL
 THEREOF THERE IS  A  CERTIFICATION  FROM  A  COURT,  PARKING  VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU, TRAFFIC AND PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
 OF  APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION THAT THE REGISTRANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESEN-
 TATIVE FAILED TO APPEAR ON THE RETURN DATE OR ANY  SUBSEQUENT  ADJOURNED
 DATE  OR  FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AN ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE TRIBUNAL FOLLOWING ENTRY OF A FINAL DECISION IN  RESPONSE  TO  A
 TOTAL  OF  THREE  OR  MORE  SUMMONSES OR OTHER PROCESS IN THE AGGREGATE,
 ISSUED WITHIN AN EIGHTEEN MONTH PERIOD, CHARGING EITHER THAT:  (I)  SUCH
 MOTOR  VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STOPPED OR STANDING, OR THAT SUCH MOTOR VEHI-
 CLE WAS OPERATED FOR HIRE BY THE REGISTRANT OR HIS OR HER AGENT  WITHOUT
 BEING  LICENSED  AS  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE FOR HIRE BY THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL
 AUTHORITY, IN VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER  OR  OF

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 ANY  LAW,  ORDINANCE,  RULE  OR REGULATION MADE BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY; OR
 (II) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A
 LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY  WITH  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL  INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR (III) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE  FOR
 A  VIOLATION  OF SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  A  DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAIL-
 URE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY  WITH  SUCH  POSTED  MAXIMUM  SPEED
 LIMITS  THROUGH  THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION
 MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF  THIS  CHAPTER;
 OR  (IV)  THE  REGISTRANT  WAS  LIABLE  FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  BUS  LANE
 RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSED
 PURSUANT  TO  A BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON
 THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH
 SUCH BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS
 LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAP-
 TER; OR (V) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS CHAPTER WHEN MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED
 AND EQUIPPED AS PROVIDED IN  SUBDIVISIONS  TWENTY  AND  TWENTY-ONE-C  OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A
 LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED
 VISUAL SIGNALS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS
 PHOTO  VIOLATION  MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-
 NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER  AGENT  SHALL  DENY
 THE  REGISTRATION  OR  RENEWAL  APPLICATION UNTIL THE APPLICANT PROVIDES
 PROOF FROM THE COURT, TRAFFIC AND PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY OR  ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  WHEREIN THE CHARGES ARE PENDING THAT AN APPEARANCE OR
 ANSWER HAS BEEN MADE OR IN THE CASE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  THAT
 HE  OR  SHE HAS COMPLIED WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF SAID TRIBUNAL
 FOLLOWING ENTRY OF A FINAL DECISION.  WHERE  AN  APPLICATION  IS  DENIED
 PURSUANT   TO  THIS  SECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY,  IN  HIS  OR  HER
 DISCRETION, DENY A REGISTRATION OR  RENEWAL  APPLICATION  TO  ANY  OTHER
 PERSON  FOR  THE  SAME  VEHICLE  AND  MAY DENY A REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL
 APPLICATION FOR ANY OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE  NAME  OF  THE
 APPLICANT  WHERE  THE COMMISSIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH REGISTRANT'S
 INTENT HAS BEEN TO EVADE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHERE  THE
 COMMISSIONER HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH REGISTRATION OR
 RENEWAL  WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF DEFEATING THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.  SUCH DENIAL SHALL ONLY REMAIN IN EFFECT AS LONG AS THE  SUMMONSES
 REMAIN  UNANSWERED,  OR  IN  THE CASE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, THE
 REGISTRANT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOLLOWING
 ENTRY OF A FINAL DECISION.
   (II)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED
 FOR HIRE" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE A TAXICAB, LIVERY, COACH, LIMOUSINE  OR
 TOW TRUCK.
   §  8.  The  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
 section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  separately  amended  by
 section  10  of  chapter 145 and section 9 of chapter 148 of the laws of
 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of  this
 state  result  in  a  conviction  for an offense under this chapter or a

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 traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
 or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter, other than a traffic
 infraction involving standing, stopping, or  parking  or  violations  by
 pedestrians  or  bicyclists[, or other than an adjudication of liability
 of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
 eleven of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven-a  of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of
 an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
 eleven-b of this chapter, or other than an  adjudication  in  accordance
 with  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a violation of
 a bus lane restriction as defined in such  section,  or  other  than  an
 adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)
 of  section  eleven  hundred  eleven  of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than an  adju-
 dication  of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b),
 (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in
 accordance with section eleven hundred  eighty-b  of  this  chapter,  or
 other  than  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of
 subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  in
 accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-e of this chapter, or
 other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
 section  eleven  hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter, or other than  an
 adjudication  of  liability  of  an owner for a violation of subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of this chapter,]
 AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF  THIS  SECTION,
 there  shall  be  levied  a  crime victim assistance fee and a mandatory
 surcharge, in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law,  in
 accordance with the following schedule:
   (c)  Whenever  proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of
 this state result in a conviction for  an  offense  under  this  chapter
 other than a crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this
 chapter,  or  a  traffic  infraction under this chapter, or a local law,
 ordinance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to  this  chapter,  other
 than  a  traffic  infraction involving standing, stopping, or parking or
 violations by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an  adjudication
 of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
 hundred  eleven-a  of  this  chapter,  or  other than an adjudication of
 liability of an owner for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
 hundred eleven-b of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  of
 liability  of  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section
 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
 hundred  eleven-d  of this chapter, or other than an infraction pursuant
 to article nine of this chapter or other than an adjudication of liabil-
 ity of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations  pursuant
 to  section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authori-
 ties law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven
 hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty or other than
 an adjudication in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of
 this  chapter  for  a  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in
 such section, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
 a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of  section  eleven

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 hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eighty-b  of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of
 an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
 eleven-e of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability  of
 an  owner for a violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this
 chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this
 chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of an  owner  for  a
 violation  of  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
 hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eighty-d of this chapter,] AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY  SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be levied a crime victim assist-
 ance  fee  in  the  amount of five dollars and a mandatory surcharge, in
 addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the amount  of
 fifty-five dollars.
   §  8-a.  The  opening  paragraph and paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
 section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 10 of
 chapter 145 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of  this
 state  result  in  a  conviction  for an offense under this chapter or a
 traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
 or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter, other than a traffic
 infraction involving standing, stopping, or  parking  or  violations  by
 pedestrians  or  bicyclists[, or other than an adjudication of liability
 of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
 eleven of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven-a  of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of
 an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
 eleven-b of this chapter, or other than an  adjudication  in  accordance
 with  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a violation of
 a bus lane restriction as defined in such  section,  or  other  than  an
 adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)
 of  section  eleven  hundred  eleven  of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than an  adju-
 dication  of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b),
 (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in
 accordance with section eleven hundred  eighty-b  of  this  chapter,  or
 other  than  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of
 subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  in
 accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-e of this chapter, or
 other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
 section  eleven  hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter,]  AND  EXCEPT  AS
 OTHERWISE  PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be
 levied a crime victim assistance fee and a mandatory surcharge, in addi-
 tion to any sentence required or permitted by law,  in  accordance  with
 the following schedule:
   (c)  Whenever  proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of
 this state result in a conviction for  an  offense  under  this  chapter
 other than a crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this
 chapter,  or  a  traffic  infraction under this chapter, or a local law,
 ordinance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to  this  chapter,  other
 than  a  traffic  infraction involving standing, stopping, or parking or
 violations by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an  adjudication
 of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section

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 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
 hundred  eleven-a  of  this  chapter,  or  other than an adjudication of
 liability of an owner for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
 hundred eleven-b of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  of
 liability  of  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section
 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
 hundred  eleven-d  of this chapter, or other than an infraction pursuant
 to article nine of this chapter or other than an adjudication of liabil-
 ity of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations  pursuant
 to  section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authori-
 ties law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven
 hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty or other than
 an adjudication in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of
 this  chapter  for  a  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in
 such section, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
 a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of  section  eleven
 hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eighty-b  of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of
 an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
 eleven-e of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability  of
 an  owner for a violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this
 chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this
 chapter,] AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF  THIS
 SECTION,  there  shall  be  levied  a crime victim assistance fee in the
 amount of five dollars and a mandatory surcharge,  in  addition  to  any
 sentence  required  or  permitted  by  law,  in the amount of fifty-five
 dollars.
   § 8-b. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  separately amended by section 10-a of chapter 145 and section 9-a of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
 this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
 traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
 or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter, other than a traffic
 infraction involving standing, stopping, parking or motor vehicle equip-
 ment or violations by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an adju-
 dication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of
 section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
 eleven  hundred  eleven-a of this chapter, or other than an adjudication
 of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
 hundred eleven-b of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  in
 accordance  with  section  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a
 violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in such section, or other
 than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdi-
 vision  (d)  of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accord-
 ance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than
 an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter,
 or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation
 of  subdivision  (b),  (c),  (d),  (f)  or (g) of section eleven hundred
 eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred  eight-
 y-d  of  this  chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of an

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 owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
 en of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of
 this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
 a  violation  of  section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter in
 accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this  chapter,]
 AND  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION,
 there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence
 required or permitted by law, in the amount of twenty-five dollars.
   § 8-c. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  separately amended by section 10-b of chapter 145 and section 9-b of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
 this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
 traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
 involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
 violations by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an  adjudication
 in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a
 violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in such section, or other
 than  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdi-
 vision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter  in  accord-
 ance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than
 an  adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of this  chapter,
 or  other  than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation
 of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this  chapter  in
 accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-e of this chapter, or
 other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
 section  eleven  hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter,]  AND  EXCEPT  AS
 OTHERWISE  PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be
 levied a mandatory surcharge, in addition to any  sentence  required  or
 permitted by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
   §  8-d.  Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as separately amended by section 10-c of chapter 145 and section 9-c  of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
 this state result in a conviction for a crime under this  chapter  or  a
 traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
 involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
 violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an adjudication
 of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b),  (c),  (d),
 (f)  or  (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accord-
 ance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, or other than
 an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of this chapter,
 or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation
 of  subdivision  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in
 accordance with section eleven hundred  eleven-d  of  this  chapter,  or
 other  than  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of
 subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  in
 accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-e of this chapter, or
 other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
 section  eleven  hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter,]  AND  EXCEPT  AS

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 OTHERWISE  PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be
 levied a mandatory surcharge, in addition to any  sentence  required  or
 permitted by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
   §  8-e.  Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as separately amended by section 10-d of chapter 145 and section 9-d  of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
 this state result in a conviction for a crime under this  chapter  or  a
 traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
 involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
 violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an adjudication
 of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b),  (c),  (d),
 (f)  or  (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accord-
 ance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of this chapter, or other than
 an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision
 (d)  of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with
 section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than an  adju-
 dication  of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of
 section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
 eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter, or other than  an  adjudication
 of  liability  of  an  owner  for  a violation of section eleven hundred
 seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven  hundred
 seventy-four-a  of  this  chapter,]  AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY
 SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall  be  levied  a  mandatory
 surcharge,  in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in
 the amount of seventeen dollars.
   § 8-f. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  separately amended by section 10-f of chapter 145 and section 9-f of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
 this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
 traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
 involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
 violations by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an  adjudication
 of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d),
 (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter  in  accord-
 ance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of this chapter, or other than
 an  adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision
 (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance  with
 section  eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter, or other than an adju-
 dication of liability of an owner for  a  violation  of  section  eleven
 hundred  seventy-four  of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
 hundred  seventy-four-a  of  this  chapter,]  AND  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED  BY  SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be levied a
 mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence required  or  permitted
 by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
   §  8-g.  Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as separately amended by section 10-g of chapter 145 and section 9-g  of
 chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
 this state result in a conviction for a crime under this  chapter  or  a
 traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
 involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
 violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists[, or other than an adjudication
 of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or
 (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance  with

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 section  eleven hundred eighty-d of this chapter, or other than an adju-
 dication of liability of an owner for  a  violation  of  section  eleven
 hundred  seventy-four  of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
 hundred  seventy-four-a  of  this  chapter,]  AND  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be  levied  a
 mandatory  surcharge,  in addition to any sentence required or permitted
 by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
   § 8-h. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  separately  amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 1983 and chapter 62
 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
 this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
 traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
 involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
 violations by pedestrians or bicyclists AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
 BY SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, there shall be levied a  mandatory
 surcharge,  in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in
 the amount of seventeen dollars.
   § 9. Section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY  TO  AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNERS: (A) FOR VIOLATIONS OF
 SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED
 PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON  THE
 OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE  FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH  ARTICLE  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  OR (B) FOR VIOLATIONS OF
 SUBDIVISION (B), (C), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSED  PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING
 MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN  OPERATOR
 THEREOF  TO  COMPLY  WITH  SUCH  POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS THROUGH THE
 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING  SYSTEMS,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; OR (C) FOR VIOLATIONS
 OF BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAP-
 TER  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO A BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY
 LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN  OPERATOR  THEREOF
 TO  COMPLY  WITH SUCH BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND
 OPERATION OF BUS LANE PHOTO DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  OR (D) FOR VIOLATIONS OF TOLL COLLECTION REGU-
 LATIONS IMPOSED BY  CERTAIN  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  PURSUANT  TO  THE  LAW
 AUTHORIZING  SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TO IMPOSE MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE
 OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR  THEREOF  TO  COMPLY  WITH
 TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  OF  SUCH  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE
 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING  SYSTEMS,  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF
 THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW  AND  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B  AND
 SIXTEEN-C  OF CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN
 HUNDRED FIFTY; OR (E) FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER WHEN MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED AND EQUIPPED AS
 PROVIDED IN  SUBDIVISIONS  TWENTY  AND  TWENTY-ONE-C  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE  OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE  FOR
 FAILURE  OF  AN  OPERATOR  THEREOF  TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED VISUAL
 SIGNALS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION  AND  OPERATION  OF  SCHOOL  BUS  PHOTO

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 VIOLATION  MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  9-a.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle
 and traffic law is REPEALED and a new paragraph a is added  to  read  as
 follows:
   A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS IN
 A  COURT  OR  AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  RESULT IN A
 CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT A CONVICTION PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OR FOR A TRAF-
 FIC INFRACTION UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR A LOCAL LAW,  ORDINANCE,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER,  EXCEPT: (I) A TRAFFIC
 INFRACTION INVOLVING STANDING, STOPPING, OR  PARKING  OR  VIOLATIONS  BY
 PEDESTRIANS  OR  BICYCLISTS; AND (II) AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN
 OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEV-
 EN OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING
 MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN  OPERATOR
 THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLA-
 TION  AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING
 SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  AND
 (III) AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION  (B),  (C),  (D),  (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF
 THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING  MONE-
 TARY  LIABILITY  ON  THE  OWNER  OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR
 THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED  MAXIMUM  SPEED  LIMITS  THROUGH  THE
 INSTALLATION  AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (IV)  AN  ADJUDI-
 CATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF BUS LANE RESTRICTIONS
 AS  DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A
 BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF  A
 VEHICLE  FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH BUS LANE
 RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF  BUS  LANE  PHOTO
 DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (V)
 AN  ADJUDICATION  OF  LIABILITY  OF  AN  OWNER  FOR  A VIOLATION OF TOLL
 COLLECTION REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY CERTAIN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO
 THE LAW AUTHORIZING SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TO IMPOSE MONETARY LIABILITY
 ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF  TO  COMPLY
 WITH  TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS OF SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE
 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO-MONITORING  SYSTEMS,  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHOR-
 ITIES  LAW  OR  SECTIONS  SIXTEEN-A,  SIXTEEN-B AND SIXTEEN-C OF CHAPTER
 SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY;  AND
 (VI) AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF THIS CHAPTER WHEN MEETING A SCHOOL BUS
 MARKED AND EQUIPPED AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWENTY AND  TWENTY-ONE-C
 OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT
 TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER  OF
 A  VEHICLE  FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS
 RED VISUAL SIGNALS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL  BUS
 PHOTO  VIOLATION  MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-
 NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, THERE SHALL BE LEVIED IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE,
 PENALTY OR OTHER SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW,  AN  ADDITIONAL
 SURCHARGE OF TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS.
   §  10.  The  general  municipal law is amended by adding a new section
 371-a to read as follows:
   § 371-A. ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE RELATED TO THE  ADJUDI-
 CATION  OF  CERTAIN  NOTICES  OF  LIABILITY. A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU

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 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  AND  A  TRAFFIC  AND  PARKING
 VIOLATIONS  AGENCY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY BE AUTHORIZED  TO  ADJUDI-
 CATE,  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE LIABILITY
 OF OWNERS: (A) FOR VIOLATIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A
 LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON  THE  OWNER  OF  A
 VEHICLE  FOR  FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL INDICATIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR (B) FOR VIOLATIONS OF
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW WHEN
 MEETING A SCHOOL BUS MARKED AND EQUIPPED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS
 TWENTY  AND  TWENTY-ONE-C  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE
 IMPOSING  MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN
 OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL BUS RED  VISUAL  SIGNALS  THROUGH
 THE  INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING
 SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC LAW.
   § 11. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a  new  section
 1111-f to read as follows:
   §  1111-F.  OWNER  LIABILITY  FOR  FAILURE  OF OPERATOR TO COMPLY WITH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS. (A) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION
 OF  LAW,  THE VILLAGE OF PELHAM MANOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED
 TO ADOPT AND AMEND A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR  FAIL-
 URE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS IN
 SUCH  VILLAGE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH
 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER SUCH VILLAGE TO INSTALL AND  OPERATE
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  DEVICES AT NO MORE
 THAN ONE INTERSECTION WITHIN AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH  VILLAGE
 AT ANY ONE TIME.
   2.  SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO
 ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT  PHOTOGRAPHS  PRODUCED  BY  SUCH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  SYSTEMS  SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS
 OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A PHOTOGRAPH
 OR PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTENTS OF  A  VEHI-
 CLE,  PROVIDED  THAT SUCH VILLAGE HAS MADE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY
 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B) IN ANY SUCH VILLAGE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE
 SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  IF  SUCH
 VEHICLE  WAS  USED OR OPERATED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER, EXPRESS
 OR IMPLIED, IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 ELEVEN  OF  THIS ARTICLE, AND SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION
 OBTAINED  FROM  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO   VIOLATION-MONITORING
 SYSTEM;  PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
 A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE  OPERATOR  OF  SUCH
 VEHICLE  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
 (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "OWNER"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING
 PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A

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 VEHICLE SENSOR INSTALLED TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL
 SIGNAL WHICH AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCES TWO OR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, TWO OR MORE
 MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  A  VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES OF EACH VEHICLE
 AT  THE  TIME  IT IS USED OR OPERATED IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) A CERTIFICATE, SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY A  TECHNICIAN  EMPLOYED  BY
 THE  VILLAGE OF PELHAM MANOR IN WHICH THE CHARGED VIOLATION OCCURRED, OR
 A FACSIMILE THEREOF, BASED UPON INSPECTION OF  PHOTOGRAPHS,  MICROPHOTO-
 GRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY A TRAFFIC-CONTROL
 SIGNAL  PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE
 OF THE FACTS CONTAINED  THEREIN.    ANY  PHOTOGRAPHS,  MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,
 VIDEOTAPE  OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES EVIDENCING SUCH A VIOLATION SHALL BE
 AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY
 FOR SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.
   (E)  AN  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR  A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW  OR  ORDI-
 NANCE  ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR MONETARY
 PENALTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEDULE OF FINES AND PENALTIES TO BE SET
 FORTH IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE.  THE LIABILITY OF THE OWNER PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR  EACH  VIOLATION;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE MAY PROVIDE FOR AN
 ADDITIONAL PENALTY  NOT  IN  EXCESS  OF  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
 VIOLATION FOR THE FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WITHIN THE
 PRESCRIBED TIME PERIOD.
   (F)  AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR
 AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING RECORD OF  THE  PERSON  UPON
 WHOM  SUCH  LIABILITY  IS  IMPOSED  NOR  SHALL  IT BE USED FOR INSURANCE
 PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
   (G) 1. A NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO EACH
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
 (D)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION. PERSONAL DELIVERY ON THE OWNER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. A  MANUAL
 OR  AUTOMATIC RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSI-
 NESS SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2. 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
 (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE  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 AND THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH
 RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER.
   3.  THE  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ADVISING THE
 PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE OR SHE MAY CONTEST
 THE LIABILITY ALLEGED IN THE NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO
 CONTAIN A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSONS CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO  CONTEST
 IN  THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABIL-
 ITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE VILLAGE
 OF PELHAM MANOR OR BY ANY OTHER ENTITY AUTHORIZED  BY  SUCH  VILLAGE  TO
 PREPARE AND MAIL SUCH NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION.
   (H)  ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR, IF THERE BE NONE,
 BY THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

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   (I)  IF  AN  OWNER  RECEIVES  A  NOTICE  OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION FOR ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE  TO
 AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE
 VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE TIME  THE
 VIOLATION OCCURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR PURPOSES
 OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT SHALL BE SUFFI-
 CIENT  THAT  A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN VEHICLE
 BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS  BUREAU  OR  COURT
 HAVING JURISDICTION.
   (J) AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A VEHICLE TO WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABIL-
 ITY  WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
 LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 ELEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE SENDS TO THE TRAFFIC
 VIOLATIONS BUREAU OR COURT HAVING JURISDICTION A  COPY  OF  THE  RENTAL,
 LEASE  OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE
 OF THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE CLEARLY  LEGI-
 BLE,  WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU OR
 COURT OF THE DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER  WITH  THE  OTHER
 INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY.  FAILURE TO
 SEND SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN  DAY  TIME  PERIOD  SHALL
 RENDER  THE  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR  THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION.
 WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE
 LESSEE  OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
 BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  LIABILITY  FOR  THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL
 BE SENT A NOTICE OF  LIABILITY  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  (G)  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (K)  1.  IF  THE  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION
 WAS  NOT  THE  OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION, THE
 OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST THE OPERATOR.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF  A
 VEHICLE  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO A MONETARY FINE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR FAILED TO OBEY  A
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THERE SHALL
 BE  A  PRESUMPTION  THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH
 VEHICLE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH  OPERATOR  FAILED
 TO OBEY A TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATION.
   (L)  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY
 OF AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE FOR ANY  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (M) ANY VILLAGE THAT ADOPTS A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  (A)  OF THIS SECTION SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING THE
 RESULTS OF THE USE OF SUCH TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONI-
 TORING SYSTEM TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND
 THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE NEXT
 SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND ON THE  SAME  DATE  IN
 EACH  SUCCEEDING  YEAR  IN  WHICH THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS OPERABLE.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. A DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO
 VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS WERE USED;

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   2.  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT
 INTERSECTIONS WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
 SYSTEM  IS  USED  FOR THE THREE YEARS PRECEDING THE INSTALLATION OF SUCH
 SYSTEM, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE;
   3.  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT
 INTERSECTIONS WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
 SYSTEM IS USED FOR THE REPORTING YEAR, AS WELL AS FOR EACH YEAR THAT THE
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM HAS BEEN OPERA-
 TIONAL, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE;
   4.  THE  NUMBER  OF  EVENTS  AND NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED AT EACH
 INTERSECTION WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
 SYSTEM  IS  USED  AND  IN  THE  AGGREGATE ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY
 BASIS;
   5. THE NUMBER OF NOTICES OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR  VIOLATIONS  RECORDED
 BY SUCH SYSTEM AT EACH INTERSECTION WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO
 VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM IS USED;
   6.  THE  NUMBER  OF FINES IMPOSED AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES PAID AFTER
 FIRST NOTICE OF LIABILITY;
   7. THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND RESULTS  OF
 SUCH   ADJUDICATIONS  INCLUDING  BREAKDOWNS  OF  DISPOSITIONS  MADE  FOR
 VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS WHICH SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  AT  LEAST
 ANNUALLY TO SUCH VILLAGE BY THE RESPECTIVE COURTS AND BUREAUS CONDUCTING
 SUCH ADJUDICATIONS;
   8.  THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH VILLAGE FROM SUCH
 ADJUDICATIONS INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN OF REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH  VILLAGE
 FOR  EACH  YEAR  SINCE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ITS TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO
 VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM;
   9. EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH VILLAGE IN CONNECTION WITH  THE  PROGRAM;
 AND
   10. QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS WHICH SHALL BE
 PROVIDED  AT LEAST ANNUALLY TO SUCH VILLAGE BY THE RESPECTIVE COURTS AND
 BUREAUS CONDUCTING SUCH ADJUDICATIONS.
   (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
 VISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT  TO
 A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT SUCH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS WERE  MALFUNCTIONING  AT  THE  TIME  OF  THE
 ALLEGED VIOLATION.
   §  12.  Subdivision  2  of  section  87  of the public officers law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (r) to read as follows:
   (R) ARE PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE  OR  OTHER  RECORDED
 IMAGES  PREPARED  UNDER  AUTHORITY OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-F OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   § 13. The purchase or lease of equipment for a  demonstration  program
 established  pursuant  to  section 1111-f of the vehicle and traffic law
 shall be subject to the provisions of section 103 of the general munici-
 pal law.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however  that
 sections  eleven,  twelve  and thirteen of this act shall take effect on
 the thirtieth day after such sections shall have become a law and  shall
 expire  on  December 1, 2026, when upon such date the provisions of such
 sections shall be deemed repealed;  provided,  further,  that  any  such
 local law as may be enacted pursuant to section eleven of this act shall
 remain  in  full force and effect only until December 1, 2026; provided,
 further, that effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or

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 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date; and provided further, that:
   (a)  the  amendments  to  the  opening  paragraph and paragraph (c) of
 subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  made  by
 section  eight  of  this  act  shall  not  affect the expiration of such
 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
 provisions of section eight-a of this act shall take effect;
   (b) the amendments to the  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph  (c)  of
 subdivision  1  of  section  1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made by
 section eight-a of this act shall not  affect  the  expiration  of  such
 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
 provisions of section eight-b of this act shall take effect;
   (c) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-b of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-c of this act shall  take
 effect;
   (d) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-c of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-d of this act shall  take
 effect;
   (e) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-d of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-e of this act shall  take
 effect;
   (f) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-e of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-f of this act shall  take
 effect;
   (g) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-f of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-g of this act shall  take
 effect; and
   (h) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law  made  by  section eight-g of this act shall not affect the
 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
 upon such date the provisions of section eight-h of this act shall  take
 effect.