S4197-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the county of Suffolk to operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at up to 100 intersections

Increases from 50 to 100, the number of intersections at which the county of Suffolk is authorized to install and operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices.

Sponsor: JOHNSON / Committee: TRANSPORTATION
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Amd S1111-b, V & T L

S4197-2011 Actions

Apr 26, 2012: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
May 4, 2011: referred to transportation
May 4, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2011: PASSED SENATE
May 4, 2011: HOME RULE REQUEST
May 2, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr 13, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Apr 12, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.377
Mar 23, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S4197-2011 Meetings

Transportation: Apr 12, 2011

S4197-2011 Calendars

Active List: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011

S4197-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Transportation - Apr 12, 2011

Ayes (14): Fuschillo, Johnson, Larkin, Maziarz, McDonald, Nozzolio, Robach, Young, Dilan, Kennedy, Perkins, Smith, Stavisky, Valesky
Ayes W/R (3): Ranzenhofer, Zeldin, Adams
Excused (2): Diaz, Squadron

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - May 4, 2011

Ayes (58): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young
Nays (4): DeFrancisco, LaValle, Ranzenhofer, Zeldin

S4197-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4197

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the
county of Suffolk to install and operate traffic-control signal photo
violation-monitoring devices at up to one hundred intersections

PURPOSE:
This legislation seeks to prevent the deaths and injuries caused by
motorists running red lights by expanding Suffolk 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 one of the bill amends Vehicle and Traffic Law � 1111-b(a)(1)
to increase the number of intersections in Suffolk County at which
traffic-control signal photo violation monitoring devices may be
installed. Section two of the bill provides the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:
Suffolk County's traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
demonstration program is currently limited to 50 intersections.

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 of 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 pedestrian accidents is reduced.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, with provisions.

S4197-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          4197
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 March 23, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
 the  county  of  Suffolk to install and operate traffic-control signal
 photo violation-monitoring devices at up to one hundred intersections
 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 23 of the laws of 2009,  is
 amended to red as follows:

 1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, the county of Suffolk
 is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend  a  local  law  or
 ordinance establishing a demonstration program imposing monetary liabil
 ity  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
 violation-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 that the amend
 ments to paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-b of the vehicle
 and traffic law, made by section one of this act, shall not  affect  the
 expiration  and  repeal of such section pursuant to section 9 of chapter
 23 of the laws of 2009 as  amended,  and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10433-01-1

S4197-2011: Authorizes the county of Suffolk to operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at up to 100 intersections