Assembly Bill A5194

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5194 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:
2019-2020: A8569
2023-2024: A3035

2021-A5194 (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.

2021-A5194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5194
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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.

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