S2580-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to the demonstration program in Nassau county

Relates to mandatory surcharges for traffic offenses and infractions in Nassau county and the demonstration program authorized within Nassau county.

Sponsor: FUSCHILLO / Co-sponsor(s): MARTINS / Committee: TRANSPORTATION
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Amd S1111-b, V & T L

S2580-2011 Actions

Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
Mar 2, 2011: referred to transportation
Mar 2, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 2, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Mar 2, 2011: HOME RULE REQUEST
Feb 8, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 7, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Feb 1, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.55
Jan 26, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S2580-2011 Meetings

Transportation: Feb 1, 2011

S2580-2011 Calendars

Active List: Mar 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 8, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 2, 2011

S2580-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Transportation - Feb 1, 2011

Ayes (18): Fuschillo, Johnson, Lanza, Larkin, Maziarz, McDonald, Nozzolio, Robach, Young, Zeldin, Dilan, Diaz, Kennedy, Perkins, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Valesky
Ayes W/R (1): Adams

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Mar 2, 2011

Ayes (55): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, Diaz, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Huntley, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousins, Valesky, Young
Nays (3): DeFrancisco, LaValle, Zeldin
Excused (4): Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Johnson, Squadron

S2580-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2580

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
the demonstration program authorized within Nassau county

PURPOSE:
This Legislation seeks to prevent the deaths and injuries caused by
motorists running red light by expanding Nassau County's existing
demonstration program by increasing the number of intersections
authorized to install traffic-control signal photo
violation-monitoring devices from fifty to one hundred.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Section 1111-b of the vehicle and traffic law by
increasing the number of intersections that the County of Nassau may
install photo violation-monitoring devices from fifty to one hundred.

Section 2: Effective date

JUSTIFICATION:
Red light running accidents are often the worst type of accident; they
tend to involve speed and "right-angle" impacts, which lead to a
large number bodily injuries and death to motorists, passengers,
pedestrians and bicyclists. The extended use of photo
violation-monitoring devices has been shown to dramatically reduce
the number of red light violations at the intersections being
monitored. By reducing the number of vehicles running red lights, the
likelihood of right angle and and pedestrian accidents is reduced.

This legislation would expand Nassau County's current demonstration
program by increasing the number of locations where photo
violation-monitoring devices may be installed from fifty to one
hundred intersections.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Nassau County will receive an additional $17.3 million in revenue
annually.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately, with provisions.

S2580-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          2580
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 26, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sens. FUSCHILLO, MARTINS -- read twice and ordered print
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Transporta
 tion
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the demon
 stration program authorized within Nassau county
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision (a) of section 1111-b of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 19 of the laws of 2009,  is
 amended to read as follows:

 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county of Nassau is
 hereby  authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordi
 nance establishing a demonstration program imposing  monetary  liability
 on  the  owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply
 with traffic-control indications in such county in accordance  with  the
 provisions  of  this  section.  Such demonstration program shall empower
 such county to install and operate traffic-control signal  photo  viola
 tion-monitoring  devices  at  no  more  than  [fifty] ONE HUNDRED inter
 sections within and under the jurisdiction of such  county  at  any  one
 time.
 

S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 1111-b of the vehicle and traffic law made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08446-02-1

S2580-2011: Relates to the demonstration program in Nassau county