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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2014
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Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative  code
  of  the  city  of New York, in relation to traffic-control indications
  for cities of one million or more; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of
  1988 amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general  municipal  law
  and  the public officers law, relating to the civil liability of vehi-
  cle owners for traffic  control  signal  violations,  in  relation  to
  making  such provisions permanent; and to amend local law number 46 of
  the city of New York for the year  1989  amending  the  administrative
  code  of  the  city of New York relating to civil liability of vehicle
  owners for traffic control signal violations, in  relation  to  making
  such  provisions  permanent;  and  repealing certain provisions of the
  vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code of the city of New
  York relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the vehicle and traf-
fic law, as amended by chapter 658 of the laws of 2006 and  paragraph  1
as  amended  by  chapter  18  of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each  city  with  a
population  of one million or more is hereby authorized and empowered to
adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a  [demonstration]
program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
such city in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section.  Such
[demonstration]  program  shall  empower  a  city to install and operate
traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices  [at  no  more
than  one  hundred  fifty  intersections]  within  such city [at any one
time].
  2. Such [demonstration] program shall utilize  necessary  technologies
to  ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such
traffic-control signal  photo  violation-monitoring  systems  shall  not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents
of  the  vehicle.  Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued
pursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely because a  photograph
or  photographs  allow for the identification of the contents of a vehi-
cle, provided that such city has made a reasonable effort to comply with
the provisions of this paragraph.
  S 2. Subdivision (m) of section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic  law
is REPEALED.
  S  3.  Subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by chapter 658 of the laws of 2006  and
paragraph  1 as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) 1.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  the  parking
violations  bureau  is  hereby  authorized  and empowered to establish a
[demonstration] program imposing monetary liability on the  owner  of  a
vehicle  for  failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-con-
trol indications in accordance with the provisions of this section.  The
department  of  transportation,  for  purposes of implementation of such
program, shall be authorized  to  install  and  operate  traffic-control
signal  photo  violation-monitoring devices [at no more than one hundred
fifty intersections at any one time].
  2. Such [demonstration] program shall utilize  necessary  technologies
to  ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such
traffic-control signal  photo  violation-monitoring  systems  shall  not
include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents
of  the  vehicle.  Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued
pursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely because a  photograph
or  photographs  allow for the identification of the contents of a vehi-
cle, provided that such city has made a reasonable effort to comply with
the provisions of this paragraph.
  S 4. Subdivisions (n) and (o) of section 19-210 of the  administrative
code of the city of New York are REPEALED.
  S  5. Section 16 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law, the general municipal law and the  public  officers
law,  relating  to  the  civil  liability  of vehicle owners for traffic
control signal violations, is amended to read as follows:
  S 16. The purchase or lease of equipment for a [demonstration] program
established pursuant to section eleven hundred eleven-a of  the  vehicle
and  traffic  law  shall  be  subject  to  the provisions of section one
hundred three of the general municipal law.
  S 6. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988 amending the  vehi-
cle  and  traffic law, the general municipal law and the public officers
law, relating to the civil  liability  of  vehicle  owners  for  traffic
control signal violations, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009,
is amended to read as follows:
  S  17.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law [and shall remain  in  full  force  and  effect  until
December  1, 2014 when upon such date the amendments and provisions made
by this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however, any such  local
laws  as  may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in full force
and effect only until the expiration on December 1, 2014].
  S 7. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for  the
year  1989  amending  the  administrative  code  of the city of New York
relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
violations, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to
read as follows:

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  S 2. This local law shall take effect immediately [and shall expire on
December 1, 2014].
  S  8.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections one through five of this act shall take effect one  year  after
it shall have become a law.