Senate Bill S7609A

                             
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                                  7609--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 23, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making tech-
   nical corrections to the adjudication of certain  traffic  violations;
   and to repeal 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 of  the vehicle and traffic law are REPEALED and a new subdivision 10 is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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05510-03-5
              

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 FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; (D) TO ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS  FOR
 VIOLATIONS  OF  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  IMPOSED BY CERTAIN PUBLIC
 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  APPLICABLE
 COVERED AGENCY OR COVERED AUTHORITY AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE
 TEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  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 FAIL-
 URE 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  FAIL-
 URE  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-RE-
 LATED 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.