Assembly Bill A6777B

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Removes caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights in the city of New York, increases penalties and creates a graduated schedule of fines for repeat offenders

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2019-A6777 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1111-c, V & T L; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10882

2019-A6777 - Summary

Removes caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights in the city of New York, increases penalties and creates a graduated schedule of fines for repeat offenders, and directs that fines be deposited in the general transportation account of the New York city transportation assistance fund; extends the effectiveness of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices.

2019-A6777 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6777
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, EPSTEIN, ORTIZ, REYES, SIMON, GOTTFRIED --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to removing
   caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights
   in the City of New York, increasing penalties and creating a graduated
   schedule of fines for repeat offenders, and directing  that  fines  be
   deposited  in  the general transportation account of the New York city
   transportation assistance fund; to amend the  administrative  code  of
   the  city  of  New  York  in relation to certain traffic-control indi-
   cations; to amend part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010,  amending
   the  vehicle  and  traffic law and the public officers law relating to
   establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the
   use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices,  in  relation  to
   the  effectiveness  thereof;  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  the
   effectiveness thereof; 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 the effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (c), subdivision (e) and subdi-
 vision (m) of section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph 5
 of subdivision (c) and subdivision (e) as amended and subdivision (m) as
 added by section 6 of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2018,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   5. "bus rapid transit program" shall mean [up to ten routes] ANY ROUTE
 designated  by the New York city department of transportation in consul-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2019-A6777A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1111-c, V & T L; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10882

2019-A6777A - Summary

Removes caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights in the city of New York, increases penalties and creates a graduated schedule of fines for repeat offenders, and directs that fines be deposited in the general transportation account of the New York city transportation assistance fund; extends the effectiveness of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices.

2019-A6777A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6777--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROZIC, EPSTEIN, ORTIZ, REYES, SIMON, GOTTFRIED,
   GLICK, DE LA ROSA, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to removing
   caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights
   in the City of New York, increasing penalties and creating a graduated
   schedule of fines for repeat offenders; to  amend  the  administrative
   code  of  the  city of New York in relation to certain traffic-control
   indications; to amend part II of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of  2010,
   amending  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  and the public officers law
   relating to establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program  to
   restrict  the  use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend  chapter  746  of  the
   laws of 1988 amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general munici-
   pal law and the public officers law relating to the civil liability of
   vehicle  owners  for traffic control signal violations, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof; 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 the effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  (c) and subdivision (e) of
 section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  section  6
 of  part  NNN  of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as
 follows:
   5. "bus rapid transit program" shall mean [up to ten routes] ANY ROUTE
 designated by the New York city department of transportation in  consul-
 tation  with  the applicable mass transit agency, in addition to the Bus
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1111-c, V & T L; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10882

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes and traffic lights in the city of New York, increases penalties and creates a graduated schedule of fines for repeat offenders, and directs that fines be deposited in the general transportation account of the New York city transportation assistance fund; extends the effectiveness of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the use of bus lanes by means of bus lane photo devices.

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6777--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROZIC, EPSTEIN, ORTIZ, REYES, SIMON, GOTTFRIED,
   GLICK, DE LA ROSA,  SEAWRIGHT,  DINOWITZ,  QUART,  MOSLEY,  FERNANDEZ,
   DenDEKKER,  COLTON,  CARROLL, GRIFFIN, STECK -- read once and referred
   to the Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to removing
   caps on automated enforcement cameras for bus lanes in the city of New
   York and creating a graduated schedule of fines for  repeat  offenders
   and  to  amend part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, amending the
   vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to estab-
   lishing a bus rapid transit demonstration program to restrict the  use
   of  bus  lanes  by means of bus lane photo devices, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a), paragraph 5 of subdivision
 (c) and subdivisions (e) and (m) of section 1111-c of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as  amended  and subdivision (m) as added by section 6 of
 part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of  2018,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Within  the  city of New York, such bus lane photo devices [shall]
 MAY only be operated on designated bus lanes [within the bus rapid tran-
 sit program and only from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.]. Warning  notices  of
 violation  be  issued  during  the  first sixty days that bus lane photo
 devices are operated on each route in the bus rapid transit program that
 is established after June fifteenth, two thousand fifteen.
   5. "bus rapid transit program" shall mean [up to  ten]  routes  desig-
 nated  by the New York city department of transportation in consultation
 with the applicable mass transit agency, in addition to  the  Bus  Rapid
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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