NY S05028 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-09 - PRINT NUMBER 5028A
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus; provides for owner liability of a motor vehicle detected by a camera to have illegally passed or overtaken a school bus; provides that liability shall be a civil fine equal to the traffic infraction fine imposed therefor; authorizes school districts to receive state aid for the purchase of such cameras; includes within the class A misdemeanor of assault in the third degree, the causation of physical injury to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus; includes within the class E felony of criminally negligent homicide, the causation of death to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus.

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Title

Enacts the "school bus camera safety act" to authorize the installation and use of photo monitoring devices on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing or overtaking a school bus; provides for owner liability of a motor vehicle detected by a camera to have illegally passed or overtaken a school bus; provides that liability shall be a civil fine equal to the traffic infraction fine imposed therefor; authorizes school districts to receive state aid for the purchase of such cameras; includes within the class A misdemeanor of assault in the third degree, the causation of physical injury to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus; includes within the class E felony of criminally negligent homicide, the causation of death to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus.

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History

DateChamberAction
2014-05-09SenatePRINT NUMBER 5028A
2014-05-09SenateAMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
2014-01-08SenateREFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
2013-05-06SenateREFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Same As/Similar To

A07350 (Same As) 2014-05-15 - print number 7350a

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