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                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 20 of the laws of 2009 amending the vehicle  and
   traffic  law,  the  general  municipal law and the public officers law
   relating to owner liability for failure of  operator  to  comply  with
   traffic  control  indications, in relation to extending the provisions
   of such chapter
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 24 of chapter 20 of the laws of 2009 amending the
 vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law and the public  offi-
 cers law relating to owner  liability  for failure of operator to comply
 with traffic control indications,  the opening paragraph and subdivision
 (k)  as  amended  by  section  9 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2019, is amended  to  read as follows:
   § 24. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have  become a law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SECTIONS SEVEN, SIXTEEN, and
 TWENTY-ONE THROUGH TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ACT  shall  expire  December  1,
 [2024]  2029  when  upon  such  date  the  provisions of [this act] SUCH
 SECTIONS shall be deemed repealed; provided that:
   (a) [the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law made
 by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
 sion of such section pursuant to subdivision (p) of section 406 of chap-
 ter 166 of the laws of  1991,  as  amended,  when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section two of this act shall take effect;
   (b)  the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law made
 by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
 sion of such section pursuant to section 17 of chapter 746 of  the  laws
 of 1988, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section three
 of this act shall take effect;
   (c) the amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle
 and traffic law made by section four of this act shall be subject to the
 expiration  and  reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 17 of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, as amended, when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section five of this act shall take effect;
   (d)  the amendments made to subdivision 10 of section 237 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law made by section six of this act shall be subject  to
 the  repeal of such subdivision pursuant to section 17 of chapter 746 of
 the laws of 1988, as amended, when upon  such  date  the  provisions  of
 section seven of this act shall take effect;
   (e) the amendments made to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239
 of  the  vehicle and traffic law made by section eight of this act shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
 section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988,  as  amended,  when  upon
 such date the provisions of section nine of this act shall take effect;
   (f) the amendments made to subdivisions 1 and 1-a and paragraphs a and
 g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by
 section ten of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion
 of  such provisions pursuant to section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of
 1988, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of  section  eleven
 of this act shall take effect;
   (g)  the amendments made to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the
 vehicle and traffic law made by section twelve  of  this  act  shall  be
 subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivisions pursuant to
 section  17  of  chapter  746 of the laws of 1988, as amended, when upon
 such date the provisions of section thirteen  of  this  act  shall  take
 effect;
   (h) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the  vehicle  and traffic law made by section fourteen of this act shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
 section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988,  as  amended,  when  upon
 such  date  the  provisions  of  section  fifteen of this act shall take
 effect;
   (i)] the amendments [made] to the opening paragraph and paragraph  (c)
 of  subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made by
 section seventeen of this act shall not affect the expiration and rever-
 sion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to  expire  therewith  when
 upon such date the provisions of section eighteen of this act shall take
 effect;  and  provided  that  the  amendments  made  to subdivision 1 of
 section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eighteen  of
 this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith;
   [(j)] (B) the amendments [made] to subdivision 1 of section 371 of the
 general municipal law made by  section  twenty  of  this  act  shall  be
 subject  to  the  expiration  and  reversion of such section pursuant to
 section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988,  as  amended,  when  upon
 such  date  the  provisions of section twenty-one of this act shall take
 effect; and
   [(k)] (C) any such local laws as may be enacted pursuant to  this  act
 shall  remain  in  full  force  and effect only until December 1, [2024]
 2029.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.