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                                   7249
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making tech-
   nical corrections to the adjudication of certain  traffic  violations;
   and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of  section  237
 of  the vehicle and traffic law are REPEALED and a new subdivision 10 is
 added to read as follows:
   10. (A) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDI-
 VISION (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; (B) TO ADJUDICATE THE  LIABIL-
 ITY 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;  (C) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS 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; (D) TO ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS  FOR
 VIOLATIONS  OF  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  IMPOSED BY CERTAIN PUBLIC
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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-MONI-
 TORING SYSTEMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-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; (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 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; (F)  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;  (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;
 AND (H) TO ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF  OWNERS  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF  BUS
 OPERATION-RELATED  TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR
 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 BUS  OPERATION-RELATED  TRAFFIC  REGULATIONS
 THROUGH  THE  INSTALLATION  AND OPERATION OF BUS OPERATION-RELATED PHOTO
 DEVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.