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Assembly Bill A6064
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and makes conforming changes; establishes a demonstration program
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SOLAGES
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-A6064 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Highway Law
- Laws Affected:
- Desig Art 13 to be Art 15, ren §§350 - 354 to be §§400 - 405, add Art 13 §§375 - 375-c, amd §§401 & 402, Hway L; amd V & T L, generally; amd §371-a, Gen Muni L
2023-A6064 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island and makes conforming changes; relates to certain notices of liability; establishes a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in the Southern State Parkway safety zone by means of photo devices.
2023-A6064 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6064
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing a highway
safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway located in Long Island
and to making conforming changes; to amend the vehicle and traffic law
and the general municipal law, in relation to certain notices of
liability; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to estab-
lishing a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitor-
ing systems in the Southern State Parkway safety zone by means of
photo devices
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article 13 of the highway law is redesignated article 15
and sections 350, 351, 351-a, 352, 353 and 354 are renumbered sections
400, 401, 402, 403, 404 and 405.
§ 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new article 13 to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 13
HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS
SECTION 375. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION.
375-A. DEFINITIONS.
375-B. SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR.
375-C. TRAFFIC SIGNS.
§ 375. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. 1. THIS ARTICLE IS ENACTED TO IMPROVE
SAFETY IN A TARGETED HIGH CRASH LOCATION DESIGNATED AS A HIGHWAY SAFETY
CORRIDOR WHERE MOTORISTS ARE EXPOSED TO INCREASED LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT
AND INCREASED PENALTIES FOR MOVING VIOLATIONS RELATING TO UNSAFE DRIVING
BEHAVIOR.
2. THE SIGNS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFF-
IC-CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS AND APPLY TO
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WITHIN THIS STATE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10391-01-3
A. 6064 2 § 375-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "SOUTHERN STATE PARK- WAY HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR" OR "CORRIDOR" MEANS THE SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY. § 375-B. SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. THE CORRIDOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR IN WHICH INCREASED PENALTIES WILL APPLY FOR VIOLATIONS RELATING TO THE DUTY OF A DRIVER UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW PROVIDED THERE IS A WRITTEN COMMITMENT FROM THE LOCAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH- WAY PATROL ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE VISIBLE, SUSTAINED ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MARKED CORRIDOR. § 375-C. TRAFFIC SIGNS. TRAFFIC SIGNS SHALL BE INSTALLED AS FOLLOWS: 1. A SIGN READING "SAFETY CORRIDOR-ELECTRONIC SPEED ENFORCEMENT AND FINES DOUBLED" SHALL BE INSTALLED AS CLOSE AS PRACTICAL TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR AND AFTER EACH INTERCHANGE ALONG THE CORRIDOR; AND 2. A SIGN READING "END SAFETY CORRIDOR ZONE" SHALL BE INSTALLED IMME- DIATELY AT THE END OF EACH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, para- graph h as relettered by chapter 258 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in any city which heretofore or hereafter is authorized to establish an administrative tribunal: (a) to hear and determine complaints of traffic infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, or (b) to adjudi- cate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-con- trol indications through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of this chapter, or (c) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, or (d) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installa- tion and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, or (e) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll collection regulations imposed by certain public authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public authori- ties to impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with toll collection regulations of such public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, or (f) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of section eleven hundred seven- A. 6064 3 ty-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or (g) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, or (h) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, such tribunal and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto shall be constituted in substantial conformance with the follow- ing sections, OR (I) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH TRIBUNAL AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE CONSTITUTED IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS. § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, para- graph g as relettered by chapter 258 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 1. Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such tribunal when created shall be known as the parking violations bureau and shall have jurisdiction of traffic infractions which constitute a parking violation and, where authorized: (a) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation- monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chap- ter, or (b) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, or (c) to adjudicate A. 6064 4 the liability of owners for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, or (d) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll collection regulations imposed by certain public authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public authorities to impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with toll collection regulations of such public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, or (e) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or (f) to adjudi- cate the liability of owners for violations of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transpor- tation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, or (g) to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, OR (H) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVI- SION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK AREA THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPER- ATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH TRIBUNAL AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE CONSTITUTED IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS. Such tribunal, except in a city with a population of one million or more, shall also have jurisdiction of abandoned vehicle violations. For the purposes of this article, a parking violation is the violation of any law, rule or regulation providing for or regulating the parking, stopping or standing of a vehicle. In addition for purposes of this article, "commissioner" shall mean and include the commissioner of traf- A. 6064 5 fic of the city or an official possessing authority as such a commis- sioner. § 5. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: f. "Notice of violation" means a notice of violation as defined in subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-seven of this article, but shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant to authorization set forth in articles ten, twenty-four, twenty-nine and thirty of this chapter, section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty to impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indi- cations in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with certain posted maxi- mum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installa- tion and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chap- ter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chap- ter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitor- ing systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVI- SION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter. § 6. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows: 1. Notice of hearing. Whenever a person charged with a parking violation enters a plea of not guilty; or a person alleged to be liable in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure A. 6064 6 of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter; or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installa- tion and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with toll collection regu- lations of certain public authorities through the installation and oper- ation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accord- ance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITOR- ING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, contests such allegation, the bureau shall advise such person personally by such form of first class mail as the director may direct of the date on which he or she must appear to answer the charge at a hearing. The form and content of such notice of hearing shall be prescribed by the director, and shall contain a warning to advise the person so pleading or contesting that failure to appear on the date designated, or on any subsequent adjourned date, shall be deemed an admission of liability, and that a default judgment may be entered thereon. 1-a. Fines and penalties. Whenever a plea of not guilty has been entered, or the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability in accordance with provisions of law specifically authorizing the impo- sition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter; or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or to comply with bus lane restrictions A. 6064 7 as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installa- tion and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with toll collection regu- lations of certain public authorities through the installation and oper- ation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accord- ance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITOR- ING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, is being contested, by a person in a timely fashion and a hearing upon the merits has been demanded, but has not yet been held, the bureau shall not issue any notice of fine or penalty to that person prior to the date of the hearing. § 7. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows: a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-con- trol indications through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of this chapter, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chap- ter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations imposed by certain public authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public authorities to A. 6064 8 impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with toll collection regulations of such public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-moni- toring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thou- sand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy- five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance impos- ing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an oper- ator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLA- TION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, or an allegation of liability of an owner for a violation of section three hundred eighty- five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail- ure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the bureau. g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty or of a hearing at which liability in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and oper- ation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitor- ing systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to A. 6064 9 comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter, OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, is contested. Recording devices may be used for the making of the record. § 8. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows: 1. The hearing examiner shall make a determination on the charges, either sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner deter- mines that the charges have been sustained he or she may examine either the prior parking violations record or the record of liabilities incurred in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authoriz- ing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indi- cations in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authori- ties law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter through the instal- lation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, A. 6064 10 in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITH- IN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty- five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, of the person charged, as applicable prior to rendering a final determination. Final determinations sustaining or dismissing charges shall be entered on a final determination roll maintained by the bureau together with records showing payment and nonpayment of penal- ties. 2. Where an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a parking violation or contest an allegation of liability in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo viola- tion-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; to stop for a school bus display- ing a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy- four of this chapter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twen- ty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section elev- en hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or main- tenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITOR- ING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the A. 6064 11 rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; or fails to appear on a designated hearing date or subsequent adjourned date or fails after a hearing to comply with the determination of a hearing examiner, as prescribed by this article or by rule or regulation of the bureau, such failure to plead or contest, appear or comply shall be deemed, for all purposes, an admission of liability and shall be grounds for rendering and entering a default judgment in an amount provided by the rules and regulations of the bureau. However, after the expiration of the original date prescribed for entering a plea and before a default judgment may be rendered, in such case the bureau shall pursuant to the applicable provisions of law notify such operator or owner, by such form of first class mail as the commission may direct; (1) of the violation charged, or liability alleged in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposition of mone- tary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo viola- tion-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; to stop for a school bus display- ing a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy- four of this chapter through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twen- ty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section elev- en hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or main- tenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the instal- lation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter, (2) of the impending default judgment, (3) that such judgment will be entered in the Civil Court of the city in which the bureau has been established, or other court of civil jurisdiction or any other place provided for the entry of civil judgments within the state of New York, and (4) that a default may A. 6064 12 be avoided by entering a plea or contesting an allegation of liability in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter; to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter through the installation and opera- tion of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, or to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; or to comply with gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; or making an appearance within thirty days of the sending of such notice. Pleas entered and allegations contested within that period shall be in the manner prescribed in the notice and not subject to additional penal- ty or fee. Such notice of impending default judgment shall not be required prior to the rendering and entry thereof in the case of opera- tors or owners who are non-residents of the state of New York. In no case shall a default judgment be rendered or, where required, a notice of impending default judgment be sent, more than two years after the expiration of the time prescribed for entering a plea or contesting an allegation. When a person has demanded a hearing, no fine or penalty shall be imposed for any reason, prior to the holding of the hearing. If the hearing examiner shall make a determination on the charges, sustain- ing them, he or she shall impose no greater penalty or fine than those upon which the person was originally charged. § 9. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, clause (vii) of subparagraph (i) as renumbered by chapter 258 of the laws of 2022 is amended to read as follows: A. 6064 13 a. [(i)] If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof there is a certification from a court, parking violations bureau, traffic and parking violations agency or administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction that the registrant or his or her represen- tative failed to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date or failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis- trative tribunal following entry of a final decision in response to a total of three or more summonses or other process in the aggregate, issued within an eighteen month period, charging either that: (i) such motor vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehi- cle was operated for hire by the registrant or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle for hire by the appropriate local authority, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation made by a local authority; or (ii) the registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-con- trol indications through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of this chapter; or (iii) the registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail- ure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or (iv) the registrant was liable for a violation of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chap- ter; or (v) the registrant was liable for a violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty- nine of this chapter; or (vi) the registrant was liable for a violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; or (vii) the registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation A. 6064 14 monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter[,]; OR (VIII) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONE- TARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGH- WAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his or her agent shall deny the registration or renewal application until the applicant provides proof from the court, traffic and parking violations agency or administrative tribunal wherein the charges are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the case of an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal follow- ing entry of a final decision. Where an application is denied pursuant to this section, the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deny a registration or renewal application to any other person for the same vehicle and may deny a registration or renewal application for any other motor vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where the commis- sioner has determined that such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner has reason- able grounds to believe that such registration or renewal will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial shall only remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in the case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails to comply with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision. [(ii)] For purposes of this paragraph, the term "motor vehicle operated for hire" shall mean and include a taxicab, livery, coach, limousine or tow truck. § 10. Subdivision 1-a of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (g) as relettered by chapter 258 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply to an adjudication of liability of owners: (a) for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or (b) for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or (c) for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chap- ter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty- four of this chapter; or (d) for violations of toll collection regu- lations imposed by certain public authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public authorities to impose monetary liability on the A. 6064 15 owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with toll collection regulations of such public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or (e) for violations of section eleven hundred seventy- four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter; or (f) for violations of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; or (g) for violations of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR (H) FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMON- STRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK AREA THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER. § 11. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, subparagraph (viii) as relettered by chapter 258 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in a court or an administrative tribunal of this state result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu- ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf- fic infraction under this chapter, or a local law, ordinance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except: (i) a traffic infraction involving standing, stopping, or parking or violations by pedestrians or bicyclists; and (ii) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev- en of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installa- tion and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; and (iii) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdi- vision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of A. 6064 16 this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing mone- tary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; and (iv) an adjudi- cation of liability of an owner for a violation of bus lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; and (v) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations imposed by certain public authorities pursuant to the law authorizing such public authorities to impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with toll collection regulations of such public authorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring systems, in accordance with section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public author- ities law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; and (vi) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty- nine of this chapter; and (vii) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; and (viii) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing mone- tary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work area through the installation and oper- ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter[,]; AND (IX) AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THIS CHAPTER IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER, there shall be levied in addition to any sentence, penalty or other surcharge required or permitted by law, an additional surcharge of twenty-eight dollars. A. 6064 17 § 12. Section 371-a of the general municipal law, as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: § 371-a. Additional jurisdiction and procedure related to the adjudi- cation of certain notices of liability. A traffic violations bureau established pursuant to subdivision one and a traffic and parking violations agency established pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred seventy-one of this article may be authorized to adjudi- cate, in accordance with the provisions of this article, the liability of owners: (a) for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-con- trol indications through the installation and operation of traffic-con- trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti- cle twenty-four of the vehicle and traffic law; or (b) for violations of section eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law when meeting a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and traffic law imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of the vehicle and traf- fic law; or (c) for violations of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic law imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits within a highway construction or main- tenance work area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; OR (D) FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-F OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH SUCH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS WITHIN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR MAIN- TENANCE WORK AREA THROUGH THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE THIRTY OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. § 13. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1180-f to read as follows: § 1180-F. OWNER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE OF OPERATOR TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS. (A) 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION IS HEREBY AUTHOR- IZED TO ESTABLISH A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. THE COMMIS- SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DETERMINE THE LOCATION IN THE HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR IN WHICH TO INSTALL AND OPERATE PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS. IN SELECTING A LOCATION IN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR IN WHICH TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER CRITERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SPEED DATA, CRASH HISTORY, AND ROADWAY GEOMETRY APPLICABLE TO SUCH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED OR OPERATED ON A CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP. A. 6064 18 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY, THE CHAIR OF THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAILURE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. THE CHAIR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, SHALL DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR LOCATED ON THE THRUWAY IN WHICH TO INSTALL AND OPERATE PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS. IN SELECTING AN AREA IN WHICH TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM, THE CHAIR SHALL CONSIDER CRITERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SPEED DATA, CRASH HISTORY, AND ROADWAY GEOMETRY APPLICABLE TO SUCH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR. A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED OR OPERATED ON A THRUWAY EXIT RAMP. 3. NO PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL BE USED IN A HIGH- WAY SAFETY CORRIDOR UNLESS (I) ON THE DAY IT IS TO BE USED IT HAS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A SELF-TEST OF ITS FUNCTIONS; AND (II) IT HAS UNDER- GONE AN ANNUAL CALIBRATION CHECK PERFORMED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FIVE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL INSTALL SIGNS GIVING NOTICE THAT A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS IN USE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THE MUTCD. 4. OPERATORS OF PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS SHALL HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING IN THE PROCEDURES FOR SETTING UP, TESTING, AND OPER- ATING SUCH SYSTEMS. EACH SUCH OPERATOR SHALL COMPLETE AND SIGN A DAILY SET-UP LOG FOR EACH SUCH SYSTEM THAT HE OR SHE OPERATES THAT (I) STATES THE DATE AND TIME WHEN, AND THE LOCATION WHERE, THE SYSTEM WAS SET UP THAT DAY, AND (II) STATES THAT SUCH OPERATOR SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED, AND THE SYSTEM PASSED, THE SELF-TESTS OF SUCH SYSTEM BEFORE PRODUCING A RECORDED IMAGE THAT DAY. THE COMMISSIONER OR THE CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL RETAIN EACH SUCH DAILY LOG UNTIL THE LATER OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM TO WHICH IT APPLIES HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM USE OR THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF ALL CASES INVOLVING NOTICES OF LIABILITY ISSUED BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTO- GRAPHS, VIDEO OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY SUCH SYSTEM. 5. EACH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL UNDERGO AN ANNU- AL CALIBRATION CHECK PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT CALIBRATION LABORATORY WHICH SHALL ISSUE A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF CALIBRATION. THE COMMISSIONER OR THE CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL KEEP EACH SUCH ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF CALIBRATION ON FILE UNTIL THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF ALL CASES INVOLVING A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED DURING SUCH YEAR WHICH WERE BASED ON PHOTO- GRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM. 6. (I) SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTO- GRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDED, HOWEV- ER, THAT NO NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE SUCH A PHOTOGRAPH, MICROPHOTOGRAPH, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGE ALLOWS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS OF VEHICLES WHERE THE COMMISSIONER OR THE A. 6064 19 CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, SHOWS THAT THEY MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN SUCH CASE. (II) PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR ANY OTHER RECORDED IMAGE FROM A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE COMMISSIONER OR THE CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND OF THE OWNER RECEIVING A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE DESTROYED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, UPON THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY TO WHICH SUCH PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES RELATE, OR ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY, WHICHEVER IS LATER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTO- GRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR ANY OTHER RECORDED IMAGE FROM A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NOR SUBJECT TO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL PROCESS OR DISCOVERY, NOR USED BY ANY COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE OR ADJUDICATORY BODY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING THEREIN EXCEPT THAT WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND NO PUBLIC ENTITY OR EMPLOYEE, OFFICER OR AGENT THEREOF SHALL DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION, EXCEPT THAT SUCH PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR ANY OTHER RECORDED IMAGES FROM SUCH SYSTEMS: (A) SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND COPYING AND USE BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE OWNER AND OPERATOR FOR SO LONG AS SUCH PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTO- GRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES ARE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED OR ARE MAINTAINED BY SUCH PUBLIC ENTITY, EMPLOYEE, OFFICER OR AGENT; AND (B) (1) SHALL BE FURNISHED WHEN DESCRIBED IN A SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED BY A COURT AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH A SEARCH WARRANT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX HUNDRED NINETY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OR A FEDERAL COURT AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH A SEARCH WARRANT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, WHERE SUCH SEARCH WARRANT STATES THAT THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE SUCH INFORMATION CONSTITUTES EVIDENCE OF, OR TENDS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, OR THAT A PARTICULAR PERSON PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY OFFENSE IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF SUCH OFFENSE WAS AGAINST THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, THE COURT SHALL ONLY ISSUE A WARRANT IF THE CONDUCT COMPRISING SUCH OFFENSE WOULD, IF OCCURRING IN THIS STATE, CONSTITUTE A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY AGAINST THE LAWS OF THIS STATE; AND (2) SHALL BE FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM SIGNED BY A JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX HUNDRED TEN OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OR A JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE OF A FEDERAL COURT AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SUCH A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM UNDER FEDERAL LAW, WHERE THE JUDGE FINDS AND THE SUBPOENA STATES THAT THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE SUCH INFORMATION IS RELEVANT AND MATERIAL TO THE PROSECUTION, OR THE DEFENSE, OR THE INVESTIGATION BY AN AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL, OF THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF SUCH OFFENSE WAS AGAINST THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, SUCH JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE SHALL ONLY ISSUE SUCH SUBPOENA IF THE CONDUCT COMPRISING SUCH OFFENSE WOULD, IF OCCURRING IN THIS STATE, CONSTITUTE A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY IN THIS STATE; AND (3) MAY, IF LAWFULLY OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS CLAUSE AND CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH AND OTHERWISE ADMISSIBLE, BE USED IN SUCH CRIMINAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING. A. 6064 20 (B) IF THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR ESTABLISHES A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE WAS USED OR OPERATED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITHIN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR LOCATED ON A CONTROLLED-AC- CESS HIGHWAY OR ON THE THRUWAY IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVI- SION (D) OR SUBDIVISION (F), OR WHEN OTHER SPEED LIMITS ARE IN EFFECT IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (G) OR PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION (D), OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH VEHICLE WAS TRAV- ELING AT A SPEED OF MORE THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IN EFFECT WITHIN SUCH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR, AND SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONI- TORING SYSTEM; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING VIOLATION OF SUBDI- VISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE. (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "CHAIR" SHALL MEAN THE CHAIR OF THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORI- TY; 2. "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION; 3. "CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY" SHALL MEAN A CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER THE COMMIS- SIONER'S JURISDICTION WHICH HAS BEEN FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL - INTERSTATE OR PRIN- CIPAL ARTERIAL - OTHER FREEWAY/EXPRESSWAY ON OFFICIAL FUNCTIONAL CLASSI- FICATION MAPS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO PART 470.105 OF TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME; 4. "MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES" OR "MUTCD" SHALL MEAN THE MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER; 5. "OWNER" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER; 6. "PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A VEHICLE SENSOR INSTALLED TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SPEED MEASURING DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCES TWO OR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, TWO OR MORE MICRO- PHOTOGRAPHS, A VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES OF EACH VEHICLE AT THE TIME IT IS USED OR OPERATED IN A HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR LOCATED ON A CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY OR ON THE THRUWAY IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; 7. "THRUWAY AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORI- TY, A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC CONSTITUTING A PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED AND CONSTITUTED PURSUANT TO TITLE NINE OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW; AND 8. "THRUWAY" SHALL MEAN GENERALLY A DIVIDED HIGHWAY UNDER THE JURIS- DICTION OF THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY FOR MIXED TRAFFIC WITH ACCESS LIMITED AS THE AUTHORITY MAY DETERMINE AND GENERALLY WITH GRADE SEPARATIONS AT INTERSECTIONS. (D) A CERTIFICATE, SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY A TECHNICIAN EMPLOYED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR AS APPLICABLE, OR A FACSIMILE THEREOF, BASED UPON INSPECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM, A. 6064 21 SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN. ANY PHOTO- GRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES EVIDENCING SUCH A VIOLATION SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO DATE AND TIME STAMPED IMAGES OF THE REAR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE THAT INCLUDE THE SAME STATIONARY OBJECT NEAR THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION REASONABLY IN ADVANCE OF AND AT ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. (E) AN OWNER LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR MONETARY PENALTIES NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A FIRST VIOLATION, SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR A SECOND VIOLATION BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION ALL OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDI- TIONAL PENALTY NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION MAY BE IMPOSED FOR THE FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WITH- IN THE PRESCRIBED TIME PERIOD. (F) AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ESTAB- LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING RECORD OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR SHALL IT BE USED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE. (G) 1. A NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO EACH PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, WITHIN FOURTEEN BUSINESS DAYS IF SUCH OWNER IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE AND WITHIN FORTY-FIVE BUSINESS DAYS IF SUCH OWNER IS A NON-RESIDENT. PERSONAL DELIVERY ON THE OWNER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN. 2. A NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN SUCH VIOLATION, THE LOCATION WHERE SUCH VIOLATION TOOK PLACE, THE DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER, AT LEAST TWO DATE AND TIME STAMPED IMAGES OF THE REAR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE THAT INCLUDE THE SAME STATIONARY OBJECT NEAR THE MOTOR VEHICLE, AND THE CERTIFICATE CHARGING THE LIABILITY. 3. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ADVISING THE PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE OR SHE MAY CONTEST THE LIABILITY ALLEGED IN THE NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO CONTAIN A PROMINENT WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSON CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST IN THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON. 4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE COMMIS- SIONER OR CHAIR AS APPLICABLE, OR BY ANY OTHER ENTITY AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR TO PREPARE AND MAIL SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY. (H) ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED OR, IF THERE BE NONE, BY THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED, EXCEPT THAT IF A CITY A. 6064 22 HAS ESTABLISHED AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL TO HEAR AND DETERMINE COMPLAINTS OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS CONSTITUTING PARKING, STANDING OR STOPPING VIOLATIONS SUCH CITY MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, AUTHORIZE SUCH ADJUDI- CATION BY SUCH TRIBUNAL. (I) IF AN OWNER RECEIVES A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE OR THE NUMBER PLATE OR PLATES OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE TO AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE VEHICLE OR THE NUMBER PLATE OR PLATES OF SUCH VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE TIME THE VIOLATION OCCURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR PURPOSES OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, IT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN VEHICLE OR NUMBER PLATE OR PLATES OF SUCH VEHICLE BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU, COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OR PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU. (J) 1. WHERE THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS PURSU- ANT TO THIS SECTION IS BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU OR A COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A VEHICLE TO WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE SENDS TO THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU OR COURT HAVING JURISDICTION A COPY OF THE RENTAL, LEASE OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE CLEARLY LEGIBLE, WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU OR COURT OF THE DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY. FAILURE TO SEND SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN DAY TIME PERIOD SHALL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION. WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION. 2. (I) IN A CITY WHICH, BY LOCAL LAW, HAS AUTHORIZED THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION BY A PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A VEHICLE TO WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT: (A) PRIOR TO THE VIOLATION, THE LESSOR HAS FILED WITH THE BUREAU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (B) WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU OF THE DATE AND TIME OF A LIABILITY, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY, THE LESSOR SUBMITS TO THE BUREAU THE CORRECT NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE OF THE VEHICLE IDENTI- FIED IN THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY AT THE TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RENTAL, LEASE OR OTHER CONTRACT DOCUMENT, AS MAY BE REASONABLY REQUIRED BY THE BUREAU PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS THAT MAY BE PROMULGATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. A. 6064 23 (II) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CLAUSE (B) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION. (III) WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION. (K) 1. IF THE OWNER LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WAS NOT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION, THE OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST THE OPERATOR. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A MONETARY FINE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH- OUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR OPERATED SUCH VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPER- ATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERA- TOR OPERATED SUCH VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE. (L) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE. (M) IF THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR ADOPTS A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSU- ANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY AND SUBMIT A REPORT ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND A REPORT ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX ON THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF PHOTO DEVICES TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR SHALL ALSO MAKE SUCH REPORTS AVAIL- ABLE ON THEIR PUBLIC-FACING WEBSITES, PROVIDED THAT THEY MAY PROVIDE AGGREGATE DATA FROM PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF THE COMMISSION- ER OR CHAIR FINDS THAT PUBLISHING SPECIFIC LOCATION DATA WOULD JEOPARD- IZE PUBLIC SAFETY. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE: 1. THE LOCATIONS WHERE AND DATES WHEN PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS WERE USED; 2. THE AGGREGATE NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF CRASHES, FATALITIES, INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED WITHIN ALL HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR ON CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS OR ON THE THRUWAY, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE; 3. THE AGGREGATE NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF CRASHES, FATALITIES, INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED WITHIN HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR WHERE PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS WERE USED, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPART- MENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE; 4. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED WITHIN ALL HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR ON CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS OR ON THE THRUWAY, IN THE AGGREGATE ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAIN- TAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE; A. 6064 24 5. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED WITHIN EACH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR WHERE A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS USED, IN THE AGGREGATE ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS; 6. TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE, THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED WITHIN ALL HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR ON CONTROLLED-AC- CESS HIGHWAYS OR ON THE THRUWAY THAT WERE: (I) MORE THAN TEN BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; (II) MORE THAN TWENTY BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; (III) MORE THAN THIRTY BUT NOT MORE THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; AND (IV) MORE THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; 7. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED WITHIN EACH HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRI- DOR WHERE A PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM IS USED THAT WERE: (I) MORE THAN TEN BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; (II) MORE THAN TWENTY BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; (III) MORE THAN THIRTY BUT NOT MORE THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; AND (IV) MORE THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT; 8. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS; 9. THE NUMBER OF FINES AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES PAID AFTER THE FIRST NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE; 10. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND THE RESULTS OF SUCH ADJU- DICATIONS INCLUDING BREAKDOWNS OF DISPOSITIONS MADE FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE; 11. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE REALIZED BY THE STATE OR THRUWAY AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM; 12. THE EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE STATE OR THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM; 13. AN ITEMIZED LIST OF EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE STATE AND THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY ON SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISIONS ELEVEN AND TWELVE OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND 14. THE QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS, TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIR OR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE. (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI- VISION (B), (D), (F) OR (G) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT SUCH PHOTO SPEED VIOLATION MONI- TORING SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION. § 14. Section 401 of the highway law, as renumbered by section 1 of this act, is amended to read as follows: § 401. Saving clause. The repeal of a law, as specified in section [three hundred and fifty-three] FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE shall not affect or impair any contract, or any act done, or right accruing, accrued or acquired or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred prior to the time when this chapter or any section thereof takes effect, A. 6064 25 under or by virtue of the laws so repealed, but the same may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent, as if such laws had not been repealed. § 15. Section 402 of the highway law, as added by chapter 506 of the laws of 1936, and as renumbered by section 1 of this act, is amended to read as follows: § 402. Effect of amendments to and repeals of provisions of the former highway law. 1. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred thirty-six which, in form, amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of the former highway law shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such former highway law by section [three hundred fifty-three] FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, and shall be construed as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of the corresponding provision or provisions of this chapter irrespective of whether such provision or provisions are contained in this chapter in one or more than one article, section, subdivision or other part thereof and such corresponding provision or provisions shall be deemed amended, modified, changed or repealed as though the same had been expressly and in terms so amended or repealed. 2. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred thirty-six which adds or purports to add a new article, section, subdivision or other provision of law to the former highway law shall be legally effec- tive notwithstanding the repeal of such former highway law by section [three hundred fifty-three] FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE and shall be construed as having been added to this chapter and shall be given full effect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly and in terms to this chapter and shall be deemed to have been inserted in this chapter in juxtaposition to and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions of this chapter. 3. The repeal of such former highway law by section [three hundred fifty-three] FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE shall not be construed to impair or affect the validity of any act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred thirty-six relating to highways, roads or bridges because of any reference to or dependency on such former law but such act shall be construed in connection with this chapter as though in terms and in effect such act referred to or dependent upon this chapter. § 16. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a 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 date.
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