Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 02, 2014 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S7712
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S7712 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
2013-S7712 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7712 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to certain traffic-control indications; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law and the public officers law, relating to the civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation to making such provisions permanent; and to amend local law number 46 of the city of New York for the year 1989 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation to making such provisions permanent PURPOSE OF GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the sunset date on the current "red light camera" pilot program and make permanent while also increasing the amount of "red-light" cameras in operation in New York City from one hundred and fifty to three hundred intersections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009, to increase the number of "traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices" in use from one hundred fifty
2013-S7712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7712 I N S E N A T E June 2, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- 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 and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to certain traffic-control indi- cations; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law and the public officers law, relating to the civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation to making such provisions permanent; and to amend local law number 46 of the city of New York for the year 1989 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations, in relation to making such provisions permanent THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city with a popu- lation of one million or more 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 fail- ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in such city in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demon- stration program shall empower a city to install and operate traffic- control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than [one] THREE hundred [fifty] intersections within such city at any one time. S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis- trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail- ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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