Senate Bill S5060

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits signs, placards or other displays to provide notice that school bus photo violation monitoring systems are in use

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S5060 - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2021-S5060 - Summary

Permits signs, placards or other displays to provide notice that school bus photo violation monitoring systems are in use.

2021-S5060 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5060 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5060
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
   signs,  placards  or  other displays to provide notice that school bus
   photo violation monitoring systems are in use; and providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 21-h of section 375 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as added by chapter 415 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 follows:
   21-h. It shall be unlawful for any  motor  vehicle  having  a  seating
 capacity  of more than seven passengers, and used primarily to transport
 pupils or pupils and teachers to and from school to be mounted with,  or
 have  placed  or  installed  thereon  any sign, placard or other display
 except as provided by law. Provided, however,  that  the  provisions  of
 this  subdivision  shall not apply to such motor vehicles operating in a
 city with a population of one million or more. PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SIGN, PLACARD,
 OR OTHER DISPLAY PLACED OR INSTALLED FOR PURPOSES OF GIVING NOTICE  THAT
 SCHOOL  BUS  PHOTO  VIOLATION  MONITORING  SYSTEMS  ARE  USED TO ENFORCE
 RESTRICTIONS ON VEHICLES VIOLATING SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER BY A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE THAT HAS ADOPTED AN
 OWNER LIABILITY PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY
 FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency  determines  in  writing
 that  this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of
 federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not  affect,
 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S5060A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2021-S5060A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits signs, placards or other displays to provide notice that school bus photo violation monitoring systems are in use.

2021-S5060A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5060A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5060--A
     Cal. No. 639
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
   report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to
   the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
   signs,  placards  or  other displays to provide notice that school bus
   photo violation monitoring systems are in use; and providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
   21-J.  (A)  EVERY  SCHOOL  BUS WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR COMPENSATION UNDER
 CONTRACT WITH SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE  EQUIPPED  WITH  SIGNS,  PLACARDS  OR
 OTHER DISPLAYS GIVING NOTICE TO APPROACHING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS THAT
 SCHOOL  BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE IN USE, PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ENTERED AN AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  OF  CHAPTER  ONE  HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
 NINETEEN WITH A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH  HAS  ESTABLISHED  A
 DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR-A
 OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE
 FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.  SUCH SIGNS, PLACARDS OR OTHER DISPLAYS
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
 CONTENT, SIZE AND PLACEMENT ON SCHOOL BUSES OF A SIGN, PLACARD OR  OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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