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NY S07854
Bill
Status
10/10/2012
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Lanza
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AI Summary
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Authorizes each city with a population of one million or more to establish a five-year demonstration program using speed limit photo devices to enforce maximum speed limits and impose monetary liability on vehicle owners.
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Requires cities to operate between 20 and 40 speed limit photo device locations at any time, with no more than 20 mobile devices activated simultaneously, installed based on demonstrated need including speeding data, accident history, and roadway geometry.
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Imposes monetary penalties on vehicle owners for violations of speed limit subdivisions (c) and (d), not to exceed $50 for speeding 15-29 mph over the limit and $100 for speeding 30+ mph over the limit, plus up to $25 additional penalty for failure to respond to notice.
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Exempts speed camera violations from being treated as criminal convictions, driver record points, or insurance purposes; allows owners to dispute liability and provides defenses including stolen vehicle reports and lessor protections.
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Requires cities to submit reports by April 1, 2015 on program results including violation data, notices issued, fines collected, adjudication outcomes, and total revenue generated; all provisions expire five years after the law takes effect.
Legislative Description
Authorizes the city of New York to establish a demonstration program imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles found to be in violation of the maximum speed limit or the maximum school speed limit of the city through the use of a speed limit photo device which combines speed sensing technology which determines the speed of a vehicle and captures/records that date by photographic, microphotographic, video tape or other recording system and produces an image of a motor vehicle at the moment that it exceeds the speed limit; provides for the expiration of this demonstration program five years after the effective date.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
10/10/2012