Senate Bill S2471

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires photographs of all parking violations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4509
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§223-b & 223-c, amd §§237 & 238, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4927, A7401
2021-2022: S132, A2461

2023-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that photographs of all parking violations be taken and maintained; requires that such photographs be furnished to the person charged in a reasonable time upon request.

2023-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2471 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2471
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  requiring
   photographs of all parking violations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 223-b to read as follows:
   § 223-B. CAMERA TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED FOR PURCHASES OR UPGRADES OF PARK-
 ING  VIOLATION  DEVICES.  1.  ON  AND  AFTER  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL PURCHASES, UPGRADES  OR
 REPLACEMENTS  OF DEVICES USED TO IDENTIFY PARKING VIOLATIONS AT THE SITE
 OF THE VIOLATION SHALL CONTAIN A CAMERA CAPABLE OF CONSPICUOUSLY  PHOTO-
 GRAPHING THE VEHICLE, PRODUCING A TIME/DATE STAMP, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS
 RELEVANT  TO  THE  ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 TWO-B OF THIS TITLE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO REQUIRE  ANY  STATE  OR
 LOCAL  ENTITY  THAT  CURRENTLY POSSESSES SUCH CAMERA TECHNOLOGY TO IMME-
 DIATELY IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   2.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL INTERFERE WITH ANY RIGHTS, BENEFITS,
 INCLUDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, OR THE  CIVIL  SERVICE
 AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STATUS OF ANY EXISTING OR NEW EMPLOYEES.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 223-c to read as follows:
   § 223-C. PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRED FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS. 1.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL  PARKING VIOLATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS TITLE BE ACCOMPANIED  WITH  A  PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE
 ALLEGED  VIOLATION.  SUCH  PHOTOGRAPH  SHALL  BE  TIME/DATE  STAMPED AND
 CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY THE VEHICLE AND RELEVANT PARKING SIGN, IF APPLICA-
 BLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06436-01-3
 S. 2471                             2
              

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