Assembly Bill A10169B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "protect our pedestrians (POP) act"

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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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2023-A10169 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7064
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1174-b, V & T L

2023-A10169 - Summary

Permits the villages of Upper Brookville, Flower Hill, East Hampton, Westbury, Saddle Rock and Southampton located in Nassau and Suffolk county to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program.

2023-A10169 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10169
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in  relation  to  owner
   liability  for  failure  of  an  operator to comply with stop signs in
   designated villages located within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "protect
 our pedestrians (POP) act".
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1174-b to read as follows:
   §  1174-B.  OWNER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE OF OPERATOR TO STOP FOR A STOP
 SIGN IN THE VILLAGE OF UPPER BROOKVILLE, THE VILLAGE OF FLOWER  HILL  OR
 THE VILLAGE OF EAST HAMPTON (EACH, A "VILLAGE"). (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, ANY VILLAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU
 IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND  A  LOCAL  LAW  OR
 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABIL-
 ITY  ON  THE  OWNER  OF  A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO
 COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER SUCH VILLAGE TO
 INSTALL AND OPERATE STOP SIGN PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING  SYSTEMS  WHICH
 MAY  BE  STATIONARY  OR MOBILE, AND WHICH MAY BE INSTALLED ON STOP SIGNS
 WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH VILLAGE.
   (B) SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO
 ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT  PHOTOGRAPHS  PRODUCED  BY  SUCH
 STOP  SIGN  PHOTO  VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES
 THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF  THE  VEHI-
 CLE.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A  PHOTOGRAPH  OR  PHOTO-
 GRAPHS  ALLOW  FOR  THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS, OR THE
 CONTENTS OF A VEHICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH VILLAGE HAS MADE A  REASONABLE
 EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (C)  IN  ANY  SUCH  VILLAGE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION,  THE  OWNER  OF  A  VEHICLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-A10169A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7064
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1174-b, V & T L

2023-A10169A - Summary

Permits the villages of Upper Brookville, Flower Hill, East Hampton, Westbury, Saddle Rock and Southampton located in Nassau and Suffolk county to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program.

2023-A10169A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10169--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in  relation  to  owner
   liability  for  failure  of  an  operator to comply with stop signs in
   designated villages located within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "protect
 our pedestrians (POP) act".
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1174-b to read as follows:
   §  1174-B.  OWNER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE OF OPERATOR TO STOP FOR A STOP
 SIGN IN THE VILLAGE OF UPPER BROOKVILLE, THE VILLAGE OF FLOWER  HILL  OR
 THE VILLAGE OF EAST HAMPTON (EACH, A "VILLAGE"). (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, ANY VILLAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU
 OR THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK 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 FAILURE OF AN
 OPERATOR THEREOF TO  COMPLY  WITH  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  OF  THIS ARTICLE. SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL
 EMPOWER SUCH VILLAGE TO INSTALL AND OPERATE STOP  SIGN  PHOTO  VIOLATION
 MONITORING  SYSTEMS  WHICH MAY BE STATIONARY OR MOBILE, AND WHICH MAY BE
 INSTALLED ON STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH VILLAGE.
   (B) SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO
 ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT  PHOTOGRAPHS  PRODUCED  BY  SUCH
 STOP  SIGN  PHOTO  VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES
 THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF  THE  VEHI-
 CLE.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A  PHOTOGRAPH  OR  PHOTO-
 GRAPHS  ALLOW  FOR  THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS, OR THE
 CONTENTS OF A VEHICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH VILLAGE HAS MADE A  REASONABLE
 EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A10169B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7064
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1174-b, V & T L

2023-A10169B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the villages of Upper Brookville, Flower Hill, East Hampton, Westbury, Saddle Rock and Southampton located in Nassau and Suffolk county to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program.

2023-A10169B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10169--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic law, in relation to owner
   liability for failure of an operator to  comply  with  stop  signs  in
   designated villages located within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "protect
 our pedestrians (POP) act".
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1174-b to read as follows:
   § 1174-B. OWNER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE OF OPERATOR TO STOP FOR  A  STOP
 SIGN IN THE VILLAGE OF UPPER BROOKVILLE, THE VILLAGE OF FLOWER HILL, THE
 VILLAGE  OF EAST HAMPTON, THE VILLAGE OF WESTBURY, THE VILLAGE OF SADDLE
 ROCK OR THE VILLAGE OF SOUTHAMPTON (EACH,  A  "VILLAGE").  (A)  NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW, ANY VILLAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE
 COUNTY OF NASSAU OR THE COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK  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  FAILURE  OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION
 (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.  SUCH  DEMON-
 STRATION  PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER SUCH VILLAGE TO INSTALL AND OPERATE STOP
 SIGN PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING  SYSTEMS  WHICH  MAY  BE  STATIONARY  OR
 MOBILE,  AND  WHICH MAY BE INSTALLED ON STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES
 OF SUCH VILLAGE.
   (B) SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO
 ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT  PHOTOGRAPHS  PRODUCED  BY  SUCH
 STOP  SIGN  PHOTO  VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES
 THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF  THE  VEHI-
 CLE.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A  PHOTOGRAPH  OR  PHOTO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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