Relates to the hours of operation of a school zone speed camera demonstration program in school speed zones in New York city; extends certain provisions relating thereto.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5602--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 12, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BIAGGI, CLEARE, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, JACK-
SON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to photo speed
violation monitoring systems in school speed zones in the city of New
York; and to amend chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establish-
ing in a city with a population of one million or more a demonstration
program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in school
speed zones by means of photo devices, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of
2 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of
3 2019, are amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is
5 hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
6 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
7 to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
8 such city [(i)] when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
9 paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
10 eighty of this article or [(ii)] when other speed limits are in effect
11 as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
12 hundred eighty of this article [weekdays between the hours of six
13 o'clock A.M. and ten o'clock P.M]. Such demonstration program shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 empower the city of New York to install photo speed violation monitoring
2 systems within no more than seven hundred fifty school speed zones with-
3 in such city at any one time and to operate such systems within such
4 zones [(iii)] when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
5 paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
6 eighty of this article or [(iv)] when other speed limits are in effect
7 as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
8 hundred eighty of this article [weekdays between the hours of six
9 o'clock A.M. and ten o'clock P.M]. In selecting a school speed zone in
10 which to install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system,
11 the city of New York shall consider criteria including, but not limited
12 to, the speed data, crash history, and the roadway geometry applicable
13 to such school speed zone. Such city shall prioritize the placement of
14 photo speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones based
15 upon speed data or the crash history of a school speed zone. A photo
16 speed violation monitoring system shall not be installed or operated on
17 a controlled-access highway exit ramp or within three hundred feet along
18 a highway that continues from the end of a controlled-access highway
19 exit ramp.
20 2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
21 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
22 fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
23 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
24 subdivision. The city shall install signs bearing the words "photo
25 enforced" below speed limit signs giving written notice to approaching
26 motor vehicle operators that a photo speed violation monitoring system
27 is in use, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD, and
28 shall modify existing signage to reflect such written notice in the
29 regular course of maintenance.
30 § 2. The opening paragraph of section 15 of chapter 189 of the laws of
31 2013, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law
32 relating to establishing in a city with a population of one million or
33 more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring
34 systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices, as amended by
35 chapter 30 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
36 This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
37 become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, [2022]
38 2025; and provided further that any rules necessary for the implementa-
39 tion of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before
40 such effective date, provided that:
41 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
42 ments to section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law made by section
43 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
44 deemed repealed therewith.
