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A10390 Summary:

BILL NOA10390A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S09454
 
SPONSORJacobson
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §1180-c, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L
 
Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.
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A10390 Actions:

BILL NOA10390A
 
03/03/2026referred to transportation
03/20/2026amend and recommit to transportation
03/20/2026print number 10390a
06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means
06/03/2026reported referred to rules
06/03/2026reported
06/03/2026rules report cal.414
06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.414
06/03/2026home rule request
06/03/2026passed assembly
06/03/2026delivered to senate
06/03/2026REFERRED TO RULES
06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9454
06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1802
06/04/2026HOME RULE REQUEST
06/04/2026PASSED SENATE
06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
08/07/2026delivered to governor
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A10390 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A10390A
 
SPONSOR: Jacobson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law, in relation to establishing a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To authorize the City of Poughkeepsie to install and operate three speed cameras in school speed zones.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill adds a new section 1180-c to the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law establishing a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the City of Poughkeepsie. Subdivision (a) authorizes the City of Poughkeepsie to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of the operator to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone. Enforcement is permitted when a school speed limit is in effect pursuant to section 1180(c)(1) and (2) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or when other speed limits pursuant to section 1180(b), (d), (f), or (g) are in effect, during: (A) school days during school hours and one hour before and after the school day; and (B) peri- ods of student activities and up to thirty minutes immediately before and after such activities. The City may install and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems in no more than three school speed zones at any one time. In selecting zones, the City must consider criteria including speed data, crash history, and roadway geometry. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) requires that each photo speed violation monitoring system successfully pass a daily self-test prior to use and undergo an annual calibration check performed by an independent labora- tory. The City must install signage in conformance with she Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) providing notice of camera enforcement. Paragraph 3 requires operators of photo speed violation monitoring systems to complete training and maintain signed daily set-up logs docu- menting the date, time, location, and successful completion of required self-tests. Logs must be retained until the later of permanent removal of the system or final resolution of all related cases. Paragraph 4 requires annual calibration by an independent laboratory and retention of calibration certificates until final resolution of all cases issued during that year. Paragraph 5 establishes privacy protections. Subparagraph (i) requires use of technologies, to the extent practicable, to avoid capturing images identifying drivers, passengers, or vehicle contents, while providing that notices shall not be dismissed solely for incidental identification if reasonable efforts were made, Subparagraph (ii) limits use of images exclusively to adjudication purposes; requires destruction upon final resolution or one year after issuance of the notice of liability, whichever is later; exempts such images from public disclo- sure; and limits release to: (A) the vehicle owner or operator; (B)(1) pursuant to a valid criminal search warrant meeting specified standards; and (B)(2) pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum issued under specified criminal procedUral standards, Clause (3) permits lawful use of such images in criminal proceedings if otherwise admissible. Subdivision (b) provides that the owner of a vehicle shall be liable where the vehicle was operated with the owner's express or implied permission, exceeded the posted speed limit by more than ten miles per hour within an authorized school speed zone during authorized times, and the violation is evidenced by a photo speed violation monitoring system. An owner shall not be liable where the operator has been convicted of the underlying speeding violation. Subdivision (c) defines terms including "manual on uniform traffic control devices," "owner," "photo speed violation monitoring system," and "school speed zone," the latter defined as a distance not exceeding 1,320 feet on a highway passing a school building, entrance, or exit. Subdivision (d) provides that a sworn certificate of a city technician based upon review of recorded images constitutes prima facie evidence of the violation. Images must include at least two date and time stamped photographs of the rear of the vehicle including a common stationary reference point and must be available for inspection prior to and during adjudication. Subdivision (e) provides that monetary penalties shall be established by the Poughkeepsie Parking Violations Bureau and shall not exceed fifty dollars per violation, with an additional penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars for failure to timely respond. Subdivision (f) provides that liability imposed under this section shall not constitute a conviction of the operator, shall not be entered on the operator's driving record, and shall not be used for insurance purposes. Subdivision (g) sets forth notice of liability requirements. Paragraph 1 requires mailing by first-class mail within fourteen business days to in-state owners and forty-five business days to out-of-state owners. Paragraph 2 specifies required contents of the notice, including identi- fying information, violation details, at least two time-stamped images, and the charging certificate, Paragraph 3 requires instructions for contesting the violation and a warning regarding default judgment. Paragraph 4 permits preparation and mailing by the City or an authorized entity. Subdivision (h) provides that adjudication shall be conducted by the Poughkeepsie Parking Violations Bureau. Subdivision (i) establishes a defense where the vehicle or license plates were reported stolen prior to the violation and not recovered, upon submission of a certified police report. Subdivision (j) addresses leased or rented vehicles, Paragraph 1 relieves a lessor of liability where the lessor has complied with section 239 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and, within thirty-seven days of notice, provides the lessee's identifying information and required contractual documentation. Paragraph 2 provides that failure to comply renders the lessor liable. Paragraph 3 deems the lessee the owner for purposes of liability where the lessor complies. Subdivision (k) permits an owner who was not the operator to seek indem- nification from the operator and provides that an owner shall not be liable where the vehicle was operated without consent, subject to a presumption of consent, Subdivision (l) clarifies that the section does not limit operator liability for speeding violations. Subdivision (m) requires the City, if it establishes the program, to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly. The report must include: locations and dates of camera use; aggregate crash data citywide and within camera zones; total violations citywide and per zone on daily, weekly, and monthly bases; violations categorized by speed thresholds (10-20 mph, 20-30 mph, 30-40 mph, and over 40 mph above the limit); total notices issued; fines collected; adjudication outcomes; total revenue; program expenses; and assessment of the adjudication process. Subdivision (n) establishes a defense where the photo speed violation monitoring system was malfunctioning at the time of the alleged violation, Section 2 amends subdivision 2 of section 87 of the New York Public Officers Law by adding a new paragraph (w) to exempt photographs, micro-photographs, videotape, or other recorded images prepared under section 1180-c from disclosure, Section 3 provides that the purchase or lease of equipment for the demonstration program shall be subject to section 103 of the New York General Municipal Law relating to competitive bidding requirements. Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it becomes law and shall expire on December 31,2030, at which time the provisions shall be deemed, repealed. The section authorizes the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations prior to the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: The City of Poughkeepsie asked for this bill after the tragic death of a school crossing guard, On September 29, 2025, 72-year-old James Montani- no was struck and killed by a car while he was helping children cross the street near Smith Elementary School at the intersection of Baker Street and Quaker Street around 7:30 a.m, The school is located off a three-lane arterial highway. Speeding endangers every community in New York, According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding drivers are at a higher risk for loss of control of their vehicle, reduce the effec- tiveness of occupant protection equipment, require an increased stopping distance after the driver perceives a danger, and increase the likeli- hood of a crash being severe. Consequently, driving above the posted speed limit is a factor in 29% of traffic related fatalities nationwide. This danger is magnified in school zones where large numbers of students are arriving by bus or on foot and are often outside during the school day. To mitigate this danger, New York City implemented the State's first speed camera pilot program in 2013. The program has been an overwhelming success. On average, speeding decreased 73% in school zones that had speed cameras added and some areas saw reductions of 90%. Cameras have also proven to be effective at preventing repeat offenses: 46% of drivers who received a ticket from these cameras did not receive a second and an additional 19% of drivers did not receive more than two between 2019 and 2021. New York City's program and those of other municipalities have demon- strated that speed camera programs make streets safer, Hopefully, these speed cameras will help avoid new tragedies in the City of Poughkeepsie near its schools.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None. This is a new bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None for the State, There will be some expenses to the City of Pough- keepsie to implement the program which might be offset by the fines collected   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2030. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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A10390 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                        10390--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 3, 2026
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on  Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law,
          in relation to establishing a school speed zone  camera  demonstration
          program  in  the city of Poughkeepsie; and providing for the repeal of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1180-c to read as follows:
     3    § 1180-c. Owner liability for  failure  of  operator  to  comply  with
     4  certain  posted  maximum  speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other
     5  provision of law, the city  of  Poughkeepsie  is  hereby  authorized  to
     6  establish  a  demonstration  program  imposing monetary liability on the
     7  owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator  thereof  to  comply  with
     8  posted  maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within such city (i)
     9  when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and
    10  two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this  article
    11  or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision
    12  (b),  (d),  (f)  or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article
    13  during the following times: (A) on school days during school  hours  and
    14  one  hour  before  and  one  hour after the school day, and (B) a period
    15  during student activities at the school and up to thirty  minutes  imme-
    16  diately  before  and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student
    17  activities. Such demonstration program shall empower the city of  Pough-
    18  keepsie  to  install  photo speed violation monitoring systems within no
    19  more than three school speed zones within such city at any one time  and
    20  to  operate  such  systems  within  such zones (iii) when a school speed
    21  limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of  subdivision
    22  (c)  of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when other
    23  speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d),  (f)  or
    24  (g)  of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during the follow-
    25  ing times: (A) on school days during school hours and  one  hour  before
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  and  one  hour  after  the  school  day, and (B) a period during student
     2  activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and
     3  up to thirty minutes  immediately  after  such  student  activities.  In
     4  selecting  a  school  speed zone in which to install and operate a photo
     5  speed violation monitoring system,  the  city  shall  consider  criteria
     6  including,  but  not  limited to, the speed data, crash history, and the
     7  roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.
     8    2. No photo speed violation monitoring  system  shall  be  used  in  a
     9  school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
    10  fully  passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
    11  annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph  four  of  this
    12  subdivision.  The  city  shall  install signs giving notice that a photo
    13  speed violation monitoring system is in use to  be  mounted  on  advance
    14  warning  signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
    15  speed zone and/or on speed limit signs  applicable  within  such  school
    16  speed zone, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD.
    17    3.  Operators  of  photo speed violation monitoring systems shall have
    18  completed training in the procedures for setting up, testing, and  oper-
    19  ating  such  systems. Each such operator shall complete and sign a daily
    20  set-up log for each such system that they operate that  (i)  states  the
    21  date  and  time when, and the location where, the system was set up that
    22  day, and (ii) states that such operator successfully performed, and  the
    23  system passed, the self-tests of such system before producing a recorded
    24  image  that  day.  The  city  shall retain each such daily log until the
    25  later of the date on which the photo speed violation  monitoring  system
    26  to  which  it applies has been permanently removed from use or the final
    27  resolution of all cases involving notices of liability issued  based  on
    28  photographs,   microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded  images
    29  produced by such system.
    30    4. Each photo speed violation monitoring system shall undergo an annu-
    31  al calibration check performed by an independent calibration  laboratory
    32  which  shall  issue  a signed certificate of calibration. The city shall
    33  keep each such annual certificate of calibration on file until the final
    34  resolution of all cases involving a notice of  liability  issued  during
    35  such  year  which were based on photographs, microphotographs, videotape
    36  or other recorded images produced by such photo speed violation monitor-
    37  ing system.
    38    5. (i) Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies
    39  to ensure, to the  extent  practicable,  that  photographs,  microphoto-
    40  graphs,  videotape or other recorded images produced by such photo speed
    41  violation monitoring systems shall not include images that identify  the
    42  driver,  the  passengers,  or  the  contents of the vehicle.   Provided,
    43  however, that no notice of liability issued  pursuant  to  this  section
    44  shall  be  dismissed  solely because such a photograph, microphotograph,
    45  videotape or other recorded image allows for the identification  of  the
    46  driver, the passengers, or the contents of vehicles where the city shows
    47  that  it  made  reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions of this
    48  paragraph in such case.
    49    (ii) Photographs, microphotographs, videotape or  any  other  recorded
    50  image  from  a  photo speed violation monitoring system shall be for the
    51  exclusive use of the city for the purpose of the adjudication of liabil-
    52  ity imposed pursuant to this section and of the owner receiving a notice
    53  of liability pursuant to this section, and shall  be  destroyed  by  the
    54  city  upon the final resolution of the notice of liability to which such
    55  photographs,  microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded   images
    56  relate,  or  one  year  following the date of issuance of such notice of

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     1  liability, whichever is later. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any
     2  other  law, rule or regulation to the contrary, photographs, microphoto-
     3  graphs, videotape or  any  other  recorded  image  from  a  photo  speed
     4  violation monitoring system shall not be open to the public, nor subject
     5  to  civil  or  criminal  process  or discovery, nor used by any court or
     6  administrative or adjudicatory body in any action or proceeding  therein
     7  except  that  which  is  necessary  for  the adjudication of a notice of
     8  liability issued pursuant to this  section,  and  no  public  entity  or
     9  employee,  officer  or  agent  thereof  shall disclose such information,
    10  except that such photographs, microphotographs, videotape or  any  other
    11  recorded images from such systems:
    12    (A) shall be available for inspection and copying and use by the motor
    13  vehicle  owner and operator for so long as such photographs, microphoto-
    14  graphs, videotape or other recorded images are required to be maintained
    15  or are maintained by such public entity, employee, officer or agent; and
    16    (B) (1) shall be furnished when described in a search  warrant  issued
    17  by a court authorized to issue such a search warrant pursuant to article
    18  six  hundred  ninety  of  the  criminal procedure law or a federal court
    19  authorized to issue such a search warrant under federal law, where  such
    20  search  warrant  states  that  there is reasonable cause to believe such
    21  information constitutes evidence of, or tends  to  demonstrate  that,  a
    22  misdemeanor  or  felony  offense  was committed in this state or another
    23  state, or that a particular person participated in the commission  of  a
    24  misdemeanor  or felony offense in this state or another state, provided,
    25  however, that if such offense was against the laws of another state, the
    26  court shall only issue a warrant if the conduct comprising such  offense
    27  would,  if  occurring  in this state, constitute a misdemeanor or felony
    28  against the laws of this state; and
    29    (2) shall be furnished in response to a subpoena duces tecum signed by
    30  a judge of competent jurisdiction and issued  pursuant  to  article  six
    31  hundred  ten of the criminal procedure law or a judge or magistrate of a
    32  federal court authorized to issue such  a  subpoena  duces  tecum  under
    33  federal law, where the judge finds and the subpoena states that there is
    34  reasonable cause to believe such information is relevant and material to
    35  the  prosecution,  or the defense, or the investigation by an authorized
    36  law enforcement official, of the alleged commission of a misdemeanor  or
    37  felony  in  this state or another state, provided, however, that if such
    38  offense was against the laws of another state, such judge or  magistrate
    39  shall  only  issue  such subpoena if the conduct comprising such offense
    40  would, if occurring in this state, constitute a misdemeanor or felony in
    41  this state; and
    42    (3) may, if lawfully obtained pursuant to this clause and  clause  (A)
    43  of  this subparagraph and otherwise admissible, be used in such criminal
    44  action or proceeding.
    45    (b) If the city of Poughkeepsie establishes  a  demonstration  program
    46  pursuant  to  subdivision  (a)  of  this section, the owner of a vehicle
    47  shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section  if  such
    48  vehicle  was  used or operated with the permission of the owner, express
    49  or implied, within a school speed zone in violation of  subdivision  (c)
    50  or  during  the  times  authorized  pursuant  to subdivision (a) of this
    51  section in violation of subdivision (b), (d),  (f)  or  (g)  of  section
    52  eleven  hundred  eighty of this article, such vehicle was traveling at a
    53  speed of more than ten miles per hour above the posted  speed  limit  in
    54  effect within such school speed zone, and such violation is evidenced by
    55  information  obtained  from  a  photo speed violation monitoring system;
    56  provided however that no owner of a vehicle shall be liable for a penal-

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     1  ty imposed pursuant to this section where the operator of  such  vehicle
     2  has  been convicted of the underlying violation of subdivision (b), (c),
     3  (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article.
     4    (c)  For  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
     5  following meanings:
     6    1. "manual on uniform traffic control devices" or "MUTCD"  shall  mean
     7  the  manual  and  specifications for a uniform system of traffic control
     8  devices maintained by the commissioner  of  transportation  pursuant  to
     9  section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter;
    10    2.  "owner"  shall  have the meaning provided in article two-B of this
    11  chapter;
    12    3. "photo speed violation monitoring  system"  shall  mean  a  vehicle
    13  sensor  installed  to  work in conjunction with a speed measuring device
    14  which automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more micro-
    15  photographs, a videotape or other recorded images of each vehicle at the
    16  time it is used or operated in a  school  speed  zone  in  violation  of
    17  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
    18  of this article in accordance with the provisions of this section; and
    19    4. "school speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed  one  thou-
    20  sand  three  hundred twenty feet on a highway passing a school building,
    21  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway.
    22    (d) A certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a  technician  employed  by
    23  the  city of Poughkeepsie, or a facsimile thereof, based upon inspection
    24  of photographs, microphotographs, videotape  or  other  recorded  images
    25  produced  by  a  photo speed violation monitoring system, shall be prima
    26  facie evidence of the facts contained therein. Any  photographs,  micro-
    27  photographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded  images  evidencing  such a
    28  violation shall include at least two date and time stamped images of the
    29  rear of the motor vehicle that include the same stationary  object  near
    30  the  motor  vehicle  and shall be available for inspection reasonably in
    31  advance of and at any proceeding to adjudicate the  liability  for  such
    32  violation pursuant to this section.
    33    (e)  An owner liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f)
    34  or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article  pursuant  to  a
    35  demonstration  program  established  pursuant  to  this section shall be
    36  liable for monetary penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and
    37  penalties to be promulgated by the parking violations bureau of the city
    38  of Poughkeepsie. The liability of the owner  pursuant  to  this  section
    39  shall  not  exceed  fifty dollars for each violation; provided, however,
    40  that such parking violations bureau may provide for an additional penal-
    41  ty not in excess of twenty-five dollars for each violation for the fail-
    42  ure to respond to a notice of liability within the prescribed time peri-
    43  od.
    44    (f) An imposition of liability under the demonstration program  estab-
    45  lished  pursuant  to this section shall not be deemed a conviction as an
    46  operator and shall not be made part  of  the  operating  record  of  the
    47  person  upon  whom  such  liability  is imposed nor shall it be used for
    48  insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage.
    49    (g) 1. A notice of liability shall be sent by first class mail to each
    50  person alleged to be liable as an owner for a violation  of  subdivision
    51  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this arti-
    52  cle  pursuant  to  this  section,  within fourteen business days if such
    53  owner is a resident of this state and within forty-five business days if
    54  such owner is a non-resident. Personal delivery on the owner  shall  not
    55  be  required.  A  manual  or automatic record of mailing prepared in the

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     1  ordinary course of business shall be prima facie evidence of  the  facts
     2  contained therein.
     3    2.  A  notice  of  liability shall contain the name and address of the
     4  person alleged to be liable as an owner for a violation  of  subdivision
     5  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this arti-
     6  cle  pursuant  to  this  section, the registration number of the vehicle
     7  involved in such violation,  the  location  where  such  violation  took
     8  place, the date and time of such violation, the identification number of
     9  the  camera  which  recorded  the  violation  or  other document locator
    10  number, at least two date and time stamped images of  the  rear  of  the
    11  motor  vehicle  that  include  the same stationary object near the motor
    12  vehicle, and the certificate charging the liability.
    13    3. The notice of liability  shall  contain  information  advising  the
    14  person  charged of the manner and the time in which they may contest the
    15  liability alleged in the notice. Such notice  of  liability  shall  also
    16  contain a prominent warning to advise the person charged that failure to
    17  contest  in the manner and time provided shall be deemed an admission of
    18  liability and that a default judgment may be entered thereon.
    19    4. The notice of liability shall be prepared and mailed by the city of
    20  Poughkeepsie, or by any other entity authorized by the city  to  prepare
    21  and mail such notice of liability.
    22    (h)  Adjudication of the liability imposed upon owners of this section
    23  shall be by the city of Poughkeepsie parking violations bureau.
    24    (i) If an owner receives  a  notice  of  liability  pursuant  to  this
    25  section for any time period during which the vehicle or the number plate
    26  or  plates  of  such  vehicle  was  reported to the police department as
    27  having been stolen, it shall be a valid  defense  to  an  allegation  of
    28  liability  for  a  violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
    29  section eleven hundred eighty of this article pursuant to  this  section
    30  that  the vehicle or the number plate or plates of such vehicle had been
    31  reported to the police  as  stolen  prior  to  the  time  the  violation
    32  occurred  and  had  not  been  recovered  by  such time. For purposes of
    33  asserting the defense provided by this subdivision, it shall  be  suffi-
    34  cient  that  a certified copy of the police report on the stolen vehicle
    35  or number plate or plates of such vehicle be sent by first class mail to
    36  the city of Poughkeepsie parking violations bureau or by any other enti-
    37  ty authorized by the city to prepare and mail such notice of liability.
    38    (j) 1. An owner who is a lessor of a vehicle  to  which  a  notice  of
    39  liability  was  issued pursuant to subdivision (g) of this section shall
    40  not be liable for the violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)
    41  of section eleven hundred  eighty  of  this  article  pursuant  to  this
    42  section, provided that:
    43    (i)  prior  to  the  violation, the lessor has filed with such parking
    44  violations bureau in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  two
    45  hundred thirty-nine of this chapter; and
    46    (ii)  within thirty-seven days after receiving notice from such bureau
    47  of the date and time of a liability, together with the other information
    48  contained in the original notice of liability,  the  lessor  submits  to
    49  such  bureau  the  correct name and address of the lessee of the vehicle
    50  identified in the notice of liability at the  time  of  such  violation,
    51  together with such other additional information contained in the rental,
    52  lease  or other contract document, as may be reasonably required by such
    53  bureau pursuant to regulations that may be promulgated for such purpose.
    54    2. Failure to comply with subparagraph (ii) of paragraph one  of  this
    55  subdivision  shall render the owner liable for the penalty prescribed in
    56  this section.

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     1    3. Where the lessor complies with the provisions of paragraph  one  of
     2  this  subdivision,  the  lessee  of  such  vehicle  on  the date of such
     3  violation shall be deemed to be the owner of such vehicle  for  purposes
     4  of this section, shall be subject to liability for such violation pursu-
     5  ant  to this section and shall be sent a notice of liability pursuant to
     6  subdivision (g) of this section.
     7    (k) 1. If the owner liable for a violation of subdivision (c)  or  (d)
     8  of  section  eleven  hundred  eighty  of  this  article pursuant to this
     9  section was not  the  operator  of  the  vehicle  at  the  time  of  the
    10  violation,  the owner may maintain an action for indemnification against
    11  the operator.
    12    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no owner of  a
    13  vehicle  shall  be  subject  to a monetary fine imposed pursuant to this
    14  section if the operator of such vehicle was operating such vehicle with-
    15  out the consent of the owner at the time  such  operator  operated  such
    16  vehicle in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section
    17  eleven  hundred eighty of this article. For purposes of this subdivision
    18  there shall be a presumption that the operator of such vehicle was oper-
    19  ating such vehicle with the consent of the owner at the time such opera-
    20  tor operated such vehicle in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f)
    21  or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article.
    22    (l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the  liability
    23  of  an operator of a vehicle for any violation of subdivision (c) or (d)
    24  of section eleven hundred eighty of this article.
    25    (m) If the city adopts a demonstration program pursuant to subdivision
    26  (a) of this section it shall conduct a study and submit an annual report
    27  on the results of the use of photo devices to the governor,  the  tempo-
    28  rary  president  of  the  senate  and  the speaker of the assembly on or
    29  before the first day of June next succeeding the effective date of  this
    30  section and on the same date in each succeeding year in which the demon-
    31  stration program is operable. Such report shall include:
    32    1. the locations where and dates when photo speed violation monitoring
    33  systems were used;
    34    2.  the  aggregate  number,  type and severity of crashes, fatalities,
    35  injuries and property damage reported  within  all  school  speed  zones
    36  within  the  city,  to  the  extent the information is maintained by the
    37  department of motor vehicles of this state;
    38    3. the aggregate number, type and  severity  of  crashes,  fatalities,
    39  injuries  and  property  damage reported within school speed zones where
    40  photo speed violation monitoring systems were used, to  the  extent  the
    41  information  is  maintained  by the department of motor vehicles of this
    42  state;
    43    4. the number of violations recorded within  all  school  speed  zones
    44  within the city, in the aggregate on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
    45    5.  the  number  of  violations recorded within each school speed zone
    46  where a photo speed violation monitoring system is used, in  the  aggre-
    47  gate on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
    48    6.  the  number  of  violations recorded within all school speed zones
    49  within the city that were:
    50    (i) more than ten but not more than twenty miles  per  hour  over  the
    51  posted speed limit;
    52    (ii) more than twenty but not more than thirty miles per hour over the
    53  posted speed limit;
    54    (iii) more than thirty but not more than forty miles per hour over the
    55  posted speed limit; and
    56    (iv) more than forty miles per hour over the posted speed limit;

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     1    7.  the  number  of  violations recorded within each school speed zone
     2  where a photo speed violation monitoring system is used that were:
     3    (i)  more  than  ten  but not more than twenty miles per hour over the
     4  posted speed limit;
     5    (ii) more than twenty but not more than thirty miles per hour over the
     6  posted speed limit;
     7    (iii) more than thirty but not more than forty miles per hour over the
     8  posted speed limit; and
     9    (iv) more than forty miles per hour over the posted speed limit;
    10    8. the total number of notices  of  liability  issued  for  violations
    11  recorded by such systems;
    12    9.  the number of fines and total amount of fines paid after the first
    13  notice of liability issued for violations recorded by such systems;
    14    10. the number of violations adjudicated and the results of such adju-
    15  dications including  breakdowns  of  dispositions  made  for  violations
    16  recorded by such systems;
    17    11.  the  total  amount  of revenue realized by the city in connection
    18  with the program;
    19    12. the expenses incurred by the city in connection with the  program;
    20  and
    21    13. the quality of the adjudication process and its results.
    22    (n) It shall be a defense to any prosecution for a violation of subdi-
    23  vision  (b),  (c),  (d),  (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of
    24  this article pursuant to this section that such  photo  speed  violation
    25  monitoring  system  was  malfunctioning  at  the  time  of  the  alleged
    26  violation.
    27    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law is amended
    28  by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
    29    (w) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
    30  images  prepared  under the authority of section eleven hundred eighty-c
    31  of the vehicle and traffic law.
    32    § 3. The purchase or lease of equipment for  a  demonstration  program
    33  established  pursuant  to section 1180-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
    34  as added by section one of this act, shall be subject to the  provisions
    35  of section 103 of the general municipal law.
    36    §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    37  have become a law and shall expire December 31,  2030,  when  upon  such
    38  date  the  provisions  of  this act shall be deemed repealed.  Effective
    39  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
    40  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
    41  date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
    42  date.
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