NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A6777A

Assembly Bill A6777A

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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Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Jun 06, 2019	print number 6777b
Jun 06, 2019	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
May 13, 2019	print number 6777a
May 13, 2019	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Mar 20, 2019	referred to transportation

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2019-A6777 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1111-c & 1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
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.

                                                            LBD02537-01-9

 A. 6777                             2
 
 tation with the applicable mass transit agency, in addition to  the  Bus
 Rapid  Transit Phase I plan routes, that operate on designated bus lanes
 and that may include upgraded signage, enhanced road  markings,  minimum
 bus  stop  spacing,  off-board fare payment, traffic signal priority for
 buses, and any other enhancement that increases bus speed  or  reliabil-
 ity.
   (e)  An owner liable for a violation of a bus lane restriction imposed
 on any route within a bus rapid transit  program  shall  be  liable  for
 monetary  penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties
 promulgated by the parking violations bureau of the city  of  New  York;
 provided,  however,  that  the monetary penalty for violating a bus lane
 restriction shall not exceed one hundred [fifteen] dollars, ONE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD,
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A THIRD  OFFENSE  WITHIN  A  TWELVE
 MONTH  PERIOD,  TWO  HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A FOURTH OFFENSE WITHIN A
 TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, AND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT
 OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; provided, further, that  an  owner
 shall  be  liable  for  an  additional penalty not to exceed twenty-five
 dollars for each violation for the failure to respond  to  a  notice  of
 liability within the prescribed time period.
   (m)  Any  revenue  from fines and penalties collected pursuant to this
 section from any mobile bus lane photo devices [that were authorized  to
 be  installed pursuant to a chapter of the laws of two thousand eighteen
 that added this subdivision] shall be remitted by the city of  New  York
 to  the applicable mass transit agency on a quarterly basis to be depos-
 ited in the general transportation account of the New York  city  trans-
 portation assistance fund established pursuant to section twelve hundred
 seventy-i of the public authorities law.
   §  2.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision (a) and subdivision (e) of section
 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) as
 amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009 and subdivision (e) as amended
 by chapter 479 of the laws of 1994, are amended, and a  new  subdivision
 (o) is added 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
 [demonstration] program shall empower a  city  to  install  and  operate
 traffic-control  signal  photo  violation-monitoring devices [at no more
 than one hundred fifty intersections within such city at any one time].
   (e) An owner liable for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred  eleven of this article pursuant to a local law or ordi-
 nance adopted pursuant to this section  shall  be  liable  for  monetary
 penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be set
 forth  in  such  local law or ordinance, except that in a city which, by
 local law, has authorized the adjudication of such owner liability by  a
 parking  violations  bureau,  such schedule shall be promulgated by such
 bureau.  The liability of the owner pursuant to this section  shall  not
 exceed  [fifty  dollars  for  each  violation]  ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A  TWELVE  MONTH
 PERIOD,  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A THIRD OFFENSE WITHIN A
 TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR  A  FOURTH  OFFENSE
 WITHIN  A  TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, AND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH
 SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; provided, however, that

 A. 6777                             3
 
 such local law or ordinance may provide for an additional penalty not in
 excess of twenty-five dollars for each  violation  for  the  failure  to
 respond to a notice of liability within the prescribed time period.
   (O)  ANY  REVENUE  FROM FINES AND PENALTIES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION FROM  ANY  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATIONS-MONITORING
 DEVICE SHALL BE REMITTED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO THE APPLICATION MASS
 TRANSIT  AGENCY  ON  A  QUARTERLY  BASIS  TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL
 TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT OF THE NEW YORK  CITY  TRANSPORTATION  ASSISTANCE
 FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-I OF THE
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   § 3. 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-
 portation,  for  purposes  of  implementation  of such program, shall be
 authorized to install and operate traffic-control  signal  photo  viola-
 tion-monitoring devices [at no more than one hundred fifty intersections
 at any one time].
   §  4.  The opening paragraph of section 14 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,  as  amended  by chapter 239 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall  have
 become  a  law [and shall expire 10 years after such effective date when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed; and]
 provided that any rules and regulations related to  this  act  shall  be
 promulgated on or before such effective date, provided that:
   §  5. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehi-
 cle 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, as amended by chapter  134  of  the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   §  17.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law [and shall remain  in  full  force  and  effect  until
 December  1, 2019 when upon such date the amendments and provisions made
 by this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, any such  local
 laws  as  may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in full force
 and effect only until the expiration on December 1, 2019].
   § 6. Section 2 of 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, as amended by chapter 134 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately [and shall expire on
 December 1, 2019].
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.   Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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2019-A6777A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1111-c & 1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A10882

2019-A6777A - Summary

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.

                                                            LBD02537-03-9

 A. 6777--A                          2
 
 Rapid Transit Phase I plan routes, that operate on designated bus  lanes
 and  that  may include upgraded signage, enhanced road markings, minimum
 bus stop spacing, off-board fare payment, traffic  signal  priority  for
 buses,  and  any other enhancement that increases bus speed or reliabil-
 ity.
   (e) An owner liable for a violation of a bus lane restriction  imposed
 on  any  route  within  a  bus rapid transit program shall be liable for
 monetary penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and  penalties
 promulgated  by  the  parking violations bureau of the city of New York;
 provided, however, that the monetary penalty for violating  a  bus  lane
 restriction  shall not exceed one hundred [fifteen] dollars, ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE  MONTH  PERIOD,
 ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  FOR A THIRD OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE
 MONTH PERIOD, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A FOURTH  OFFENSE  WITHIN  A
 TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, AND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT
 OFFENSE  WITHIN  A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; provided, further, that an owner
 shall be liable for an additional  penalty  not  to  exceed  twenty-five
 dollars  for  each  violation  for the failure to respond to a notice of
 liability within the prescribed time period.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) and  subdivision  (e)  of  section
 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) as
 amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009 and subdivision (e) as amended
 by chapter 479 of the laws of 1994, are 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
 [demonstration] program shall empower a  city  to  install  and  operate
 traffic-control  signal  photo  violation-monitoring devices [at no more
 than one hundred fifty intersections within such city at any one time].
   (e) An owner liable for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred  eleven of this article pursuant to a local law or ordi-
 nance adopted pursuant to this section  shall  be  liable  for  monetary
 penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be set
 forth  in  such  local law or ordinance, except that in a city which, by
 local law, has authorized the adjudication of such owner liability by  a
 parking  violations  bureau,  such schedule shall be promulgated by such
 bureau.  The liability of the owner pursuant to this section  shall  not
 exceed  [fifty  dollars  for  each  violation]  ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A  TWELVE  MONTH
 PERIOD,  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A THIRD OFFENSE WITHIN A
 TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR  A  FOURTH  OFFENSE
 WITHIN  A  TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, AND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH
 SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; provided, however, that
 such local law or ordinance may provide for an additional penalty not in
 excess of twenty-five dollars for each  violation  for  the  failure  to
 respond to a notice of liability within the prescribed time period.
   §  3. 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

 A. 6777--A                          3
 
 accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
 portation, for purposes of implementation  of  such  program,  shall  be
 authorized  to  install  and operate traffic-control signal photo viola-
 tion-monitoring devices [at no more than one hundred fifty intersections
 at any one time].
   §  4.  The opening paragraph of section 14 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,  as  amended  by chapter 239 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall  have
 become  a  law [and shall expire 10 years after such effective date when
 upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed; and]
 provided that any rules and regulations related to  this  act  shall  be
 promulgated on or before such effective date, provided that:
   §  5. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehi-
 cle 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, as amended by section 5 of part TT of chapter
 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  [and  shall  remain in full force and effect until
 December 1, 2024 when upon such date the amendments and provisions  made
 by  this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, any such local
 laws as may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in  full  force
 and effect only until the expiration on December 1, 2024].
   §  6. Section 2 of 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, as amended by section 6 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately [and shall expire on
 December 1, 2024].
   §  7.  This act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.

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2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1111-c & 1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd Part II §14, Chap 59 of 2010; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A10882

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

                                                            LBD02537-09-9

 A. 6777--B                          2
 
 Transit  Phase  I  plan routes, that operate on designated bus lanes and
 that may include upgraded signage, enhanced road markings,  minimum  bus
 stop spacing, off-board fare payment, traffic signal priority for buses,
 and any other enhancement that increases bus speed or reliability.
   (e)  An owner liable for a violation of a bus lane restriction imposed
 on any route within a bus rapid transit  program  shall  be  liable  for
 monetary  penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties
 promulgated by the parking violations bureau of the city  of  New  York;
 provided,  however,  that  the monetary penalty for violating a bus lane
 restriction shall not exceed [one hundred fifteen]  FIFTY  dollars,  ONE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A THIRD OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE-MONTH  PERIOD,
 TWO  HUNDRED  DOLLARS FOR A FOURTH OFFENSE WITHIN A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD,
 AND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  OFFENSE  WITHIN  A
 TWELVE-MONTH  PERIOD;  provided,  further, that an owner shall be liable
 for an additional penalty not to exceed  twenty-five  dollars  for  each
 violation for the failure to respond to a notice of liability within the
 prescribed time period.
   (m)  Any  revenue  from fines and penalties collected pursuant to this
 section from any mobile bus lane photo devices [that were authorized  to
 be  installed pursuant to a chapter of the laws of two thousand eighteen
 that added this subdivision], NOT INCLUDING ANY REVENUE SHARED WITH  THE
 CITY  OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT shall be remitted by the city of
 New York to the applicable mass transit agency on a quarterly  basis  to
 be  deposited in the general transportation account of the New York city
 transportation assistance fund established pursuant  to  section  twelve
 hundred seventy-i of the public authorities law.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of section 14 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,  as  amended  by chapter 239 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall  have
 become  a  law  and shall expire [10] 15 years after such effective date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed;
 and provided that any rules and regulations related to this act shall be
 promulgated on or before such effective date, provided that:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law made by section
 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
 deemed repealed therewith.  Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
 be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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Assembly Bill A6777A

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ROZIC

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Harvey Epstein

Felix Ortiz

Karines Reyes

Jo Anne Simon

2019-A6777 - Details

2019-A6777 - Summary

2019-A6777 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Harvey Epstein

Felix Ortiz

Karines Reyes

Jo Anne Simon

2019-A6777A - Details

2019-A6777A - Summary

2019-A6777A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Harvey Epstein

Felix Ortiz

Karines Reyes

Jo Anne Simon

multi-Sponsors

David Buchwald

Steven Cymbrowitz

Daniel Rosenthal

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A6777B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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