Assembly Bill A8502

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of East Hampton, town of East Hampton, in Suffolk county to establish demonstration programs imposing monetary liability for failure of operators to comply with posted speed limits

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1180-h, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L

2025-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of East Hampton in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits.

2025-A8502 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8502
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law,
   in relation to authorizing the village of East Hampton in the town  of
   East  Hampton,  county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program
   imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for  failure  of
   an  operator  thereof  to comply with posted maximum speed limits; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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 1180-h to read as follows:
   § 1180-H. OWNER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE OF THE OPERATOR TO  COMPLY  WITH
 CERTAIN  POSTED  MAXIMUM  SPEED LIMITS; VILLAGE OF EAST HAMPTON, TOWN OF
 EAST HAMPTON, COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK.  (A)  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE VILLAGE OF EAST HAMPTON, IN THE TOWN OF EAST HAMP-
 TON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAIL-
 URE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON
 ANY ROAD IN SUCH VILLAGE IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  SUCH VILLAGE, FOR PURPOSES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEMON-
 STRATION PROGRAM, SHALL OPERATE PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS
 WITHIN SUCH VILLAGE AT NO MORE THAN  FIVE  LOCATIONS  AT  ANY  ONE  TIME
 DURING  ANY  YEAR OF SUCH PROGRAM. SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING
 SYSTEMS MAY BE STATIONARY OR MOBILE AND SHALL BE ACTIVATED AT  LOCATIONS
 SELECTED  BY SUCH VILLAGE. SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS
 SHALL BE PLACED AT LOCATIONS BASED ON CRITERIA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO WHETHER THE LOCATION IS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF A SCHOOL,  SPEED-
 ING  DATA, ACCIDENT HISTORY, PROXIMITY TO FACILITIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
 OR DISABLED PERSONS, ROADWAY GEOMETRY AND EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC  DISTRIB-
 UTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13031-02-5
              

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