S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7249
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 16, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making tech-
nical corrections to the adjudication of certain traffic violations;
and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of section 237
of the vehicle and traffic law are REPEALED and a new subdivision 10 is
added to read as follows:
10. (A) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDI-
VISION (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; (B) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABIL-
ITY 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; (C) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS 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; (D) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY CERTAIN PUBLIC
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 TWENTY-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; (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 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; (F) TO
ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RELATION TO GROSS VEHICLE
WEIGHT AND/OR AXLE WEIGHT VIOLATIONS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A WEIGH IN
MOTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF
A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH GROSS
VEHICLE WEIGHT AND/OR AXLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION
AND OPERATION OF WEIGH IN MOTION VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TEN OF THIS CHAPTER; (G) TO ADJUDICATE THE
LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B), (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 WITHIN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK
AREA THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION
MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER;
AND (H) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF BUS
OPERATION-RELATED TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR
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 BUS OPERATION-RELATED TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF BUS OPERATION-RELATED PHOTO
DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.