S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4756
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN,
LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the amount
of owner liability for failure of a vehicle operator to stop for a
school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1174-a of the vehicle and traf-
fic law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
as follows:
(e) An owner liable for a violation of subdivision (a) of section
eleven hundred seventy-four of this article pursuant to a local law or
ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be liable for monetary
penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be set
forth in such local law or ordinance, except that if a city by local law
has authorized the adjudication of such owner liability by a parking
violations bureau, such schedule shall be promulgated by such bureau.
The liability of the owner pursuant to this section shall be two hundred
fifty dollars for [a first] EACH violation[, two hundred seventy-five
dollars for a second violation both of which were committed within a
period of eighteen months, and three hundred dollars for a third or
subsequent violation all of which were committed within a period of
eighteen months]; provided, however, that such local law or ordinance
may provide for an additional penalty not in excess of twenty-five
dollars for each violation for the failure to respond to a notice of
liability within the prescribed time period.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision (e) of section 1174-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of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07310-01-5
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