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                                  6155--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- 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 permitting
   signs, placards or other displays to provide notice  that  school  bus
   photo  violation  monitoring systems are in use; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 21-j to read as follows:
   21-J. (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS WHICH IS OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR COMPENSATION UNDER
 CONTRACT  WITH  SUCH  DISTRICT  MAY  BE EQUIPPED WITH SIGNS, PLACARDS OR
 OTHER DISPLAYS GIVING NOTICE TO APPROACHING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS THAT
 SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE IN USE, PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ENTERED AN AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWEN-
 TY-TWO OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN  WITH  A  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A
 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR-A
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE
 FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH SIGNS,  PLACARDS  OR  OTHER  DISPLAYS
 SHALL  COMPLY  WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE
 CONTENT,  SIZE AND PLACEMENT ON SCHOOL BUSES OF A SIGN, PLACARD OR OTHER
 DISPLAY, AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 GIVING  NOTICE  TO  APPROACHING  MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS THAT SCHOOL BUS
 PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE IN USE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09788-02-1
              

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   § 2. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction  to  be  invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing
 that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt  of
 federal  funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect,
 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision,  paragraph,  section  or
 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
 or written determination shall have been rendered.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed  on  the  same
 date  and  in  the  same  manner  as  chapter  145  of the laws of 2019;
 provided, further, that this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  if
 any  federal agency determines in writing that this act would render New
 York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any  court  of
 competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would render New
 York  state  out  of compliance with federal law or regulation; provided
 further, that the commissioner  of  transportation  or  commissioner  of
 motor  vehicles  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission
 upon the occurrence of the provisions of this  act  in  order  that  the
 commission  may  maintain  an accurate and timely effective data base of
 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
 section  70-b  of  the  public  officers law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.