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Senate Bill S9527

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Ithaca

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2025-S9527 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10455
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1111-j, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L

2025-S9527 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Ithaca.

2025-S9527 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9527
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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  adjudi-
   cations  and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal
   indications in the city of Ithaca; to amend the public  officers  law,
   in relation to accessing records; 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 1111-j to read as follows:
   §  1111-J.  OWNER  LIABILITY  FOR  FAILURE  OF OPERATOR TO COMPLY WITH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS; CITY OF ITHACA. (A) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE  CITY OF ITHACA IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
 EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND A LOCAL LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  A
 DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IMPOSING  MONETARY  LIABILITY  ON THE OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY  WITH  TRAFFIC-CON-
 TROL  INDICATIONS IN SUCH CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION. SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER SUCH CITY  TO  INSTALL
 AND OPERATE TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING DEVICES AT
 NO MORE THAN TWELVE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN SUCH CITY AT ANY ONE TIME.
   2.  SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO
 ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT  PHOTOGRAPHS  PRODUCED  BY  SUCH
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  SYSTEMS  SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS
 OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A PHOTOGRAPH
 OR PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTENTS OF  A  VEHI-
 CLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CITY HAS MADE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (B) IN ANY SUCH CITY WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE PURSU-
 ANT  TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE
 LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  IF  SUCH  VEHICLE
 WAS  USED  OR  OPERATED  WITH  THE  PERMISSION  OF THE OWNER, EXPRESS OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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