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Senate Bill S8810

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides a defense from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city

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2025-S8810 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9512
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1111-c & 1111-c-1, V & T L (as proposed in S.6815 & A.8292)

2025-S8810 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a defense from liability for MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city where such MTA vehicles were operated by an employee of the MTA performing authorized duties.

2025-S8810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8810
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing  a
   defense  from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or
   parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (o) of section 1111-c of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law  relating  to  an  affirmative  defense  for  bus lane
 restrictions in New York city, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers
 S. 6815 and A.  8292, is amended to read as follows:
   (o) It shall be a defense to any [prosecution for a violation of a bus
 lane restriction] NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED TO THE OWNER OF A METROPOL-
 ITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY VEHICLE FOR STANDING, STOPPING, OR PARKING
 IN  A BUS LANE IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4-08
 OF CHAPTER FOUR OF TITLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE RULES OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK  pursuant  to  a bus rapid transit program adopted pursuant to this
 section [when an employee of the] THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS A
 metropolitan transportation authority [is] EMPLOYEE  performing  author-
 ized  duties [on behalf of such authority and is operating an authorized
 employer motor vehicle in the bus lane at the time of the violation  and
 conducting  lawful business or providing service to an official] INVOLV-
 ING A metropolitan transportation authority vehicle [or personnel  while
 in a] IN SUCH bus lane.
   §  2.  Section  1111-c-1  of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (q) to read as follows:
   (Q) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY NOTICE OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED  TO  THE
 OWNER OF A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY VEHICLE FOR A VIOLATION
 OF  SECTION 4-08(F)(4) OF CHAPTER FOUR OF TITLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE RULES
 OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT  TO  A  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS A METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY EMPLOYEE PERFORMING  AUTHORIZED  DUTIES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11210-02-6

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