NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A8569A

Assembly Bill A8569A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation monitoring system

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 07, 2020	print number 8569a
Feb 07, 2020	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Sep 13, 2019	referred to transportation

Bill Amendments

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2019-A8569 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7742
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1180-b & 1180-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A5194
2023-2024: A3035

2019-A8569 - Summary

Requires signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation monitoring system to be primarily yellow and be placed within fifty feet of a photo speed violation monitoring system.

2019-A8569 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8569
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
   for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation moni-
   toring system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of  section  1180-b  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. No photo speed violation monitoring  system  shall  be  used  in  a
 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 fully  passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph  four  of  this
 subdivision.  The  city shall install signs giving notice to approaching
 motor vehicle operators that a photo speed violation  monitoring  system
 is  in  use,  in  conformance  with  standards established in the MUTCD.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH  SIGNS  SHALL
 BE PRIMARILY YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT
 A  PHOTO  SPEED  VIOLATION  MONITORING  SYSTEM  IS  BEING USED FOR PHOTO
 ENFORCEMENT, AND SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN  EITHER  DIRECTION
 OF A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
   §  2.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-d of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   2. No photo speed violation monitoring  system  shall  be  used  in  a
 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 fully  passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph  four  of  this
 subdivision.  The  city  shall  install signs giving notice that a photo
 speed violation monitoring system is in use to  be  mounted  on  advance
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13643-03-9

 A. 8569                             2
 
 warning  signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
 speed zone and/or on speed limit signs  applicable  within  such  school
 speed  zone,  in  conformance  with  standards established in the MUTCD.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH SIGNS GIVING
 NOTICE THAT A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS IN USE SHALL BE
 PRIMARILY YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT  A
 PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING USED FOR PHOTO ENFORCE-
 MENT,  AND  SHALL  BE  PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION OF A
 PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 148 of the laws of
 2019 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then section two
 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
 such  chapter of the laws of 2019; provided further, that the amendments
 to sections 1180-b and 1180-d of the vehicle and  traffic  law  made  by
 sections  one  and  two  of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 sections and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

2019-A8569A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7742
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1180-b & 1180-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A5194
2023-2024: A3035

2019-A8569A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation monitoring system to be primarily yellow and be placed within fifty feet of a photo speed violation monitoring system.

2019-A8569A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8569--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
   for signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation moni-
   toring system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of  section  1180-b  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. No photo speed violation monitoring  system  shall  be  used  in  a
 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 fully  passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph  four  of  this
 subdivision.  The  city shall install signs giving notice to approaching
 motor vehicle operators that a photo speed violation  monitoring  system
 is  in  use,  in  conformance  with  standards established in the MUTCD.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH  SIGNS  SHALL
 BE PRIMARILY YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT
 A  PHOTO  SPEED  VIOLATION  MONITORING  SYSTEM  IS  BEING USED FOR PHOTO
 ENFORCEMENT, AND SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN  EITHER  DIRECTION
 OF A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
   §  2.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-d of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as added by chapter 148 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   2. No photo speed violation monitoring  system  shall  be  used  in  a
 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 fully  passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13643-04-0

 A. 8569--A                          2
 
 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph  four  of  this
 subdivision.  The  city  shall  install signs giving notice that a photo
 speed violation monitoring system is in use to  be  mounted  on  advance
 warning  signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
 speed zone and/or on speed limit signs  applicable  within  such  school
 speed  zone,  in  conformance  with  standards established in the MUTCD.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH SIGNS  GIVING
 NOTICE THAT A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS IN USE SHALL BE
 PRIMARILY  YELLOW, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND THAT A
 PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING USED FOR PHOTO ENFORCE-
 MENT, AND SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN FIFTY FEET IN  EITHER  DIRECTION  OF  A
 PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the  amendments  to  sections
 1180-b  and  1180-d  of the vehicle and traffic law made by sections one
 and two of this act shall not affect the repeal  of  such  sections  and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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