S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2812--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CHU, GIANARIS, GONZA-
LEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MYRIE, PARKER,
PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the number of
intersections where traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
systems may be installed and operated; to amend chapter 746 of the
laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general munic-
ipal law and the public officers law relating to the civil liability
of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation
to extending the effectiveness thereof; and to amend local law number
46 of the city of New York for the year 1989, amending the administra-
tive code of the city of New York relating to civil liability of vehi-
cle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation to
extending the effectiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the
vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009,
is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city with a popu-
lation of one million or more 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 city in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demon-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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stration program shall empower a city to install and operate traffic-
control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than [one]
SIX hundred [fifty] intersections within such city at any one time.
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 18 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations
bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish 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
accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
portation, for purposes of implementation of such program, shall be
authorized to install and operate traffic-control signal photo viola-
tion-monitoring devices at no more than [one] SIX hundred [fifty] inter-
sections at any one time.
§ 3. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law, the general municipal law, and the public officers
law relating to the civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic
control signal violations, as amended by section 5 of part TT of chapter
58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SECTIONS FOUR, TWELVE,
FIFTEEN and SIXTEEN shall [remain in full force and effect until] EXPIRE
AND BE DEEMED REPEALED December 1, [2024 when upon such date the amend-
ments and provisions made by this act shall be deemed repealed] 2027;
provided, however, any such local laws as may be enacted pursuant to
this act shall remain in full force and effect only until the expiration
on December 1, [2024] 2027.
§ 4. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for the
year 1989 amending the administrative code of the city of New York
relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
violations, as amended by section 6 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall expire on
December 1, [2024] 2027.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
one and two of this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided further however, that the amendments
to section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
to be repealed therewith; and provided, further, that the amendments to
section 19-210 of the administrative code of the city of New York made
by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
section and shall be deemed to expire therewith. Effective immediately,
any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on
its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such effective
date.