Bill Text: NY S07236 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic control indications in the city of Mt. Vernon; authorizes such city to establish a demonstration program for traffic-control signal photo violation monitoring devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8368B [S07236 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07236-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7236--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 7, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law,
         and the public officers law, in relation to owner liability for  fail-
         ure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications in the city
         of  Mt.  Vernon;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
         expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 235 of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 189 of  the  laws  of  2013,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special
    5  or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in any  city  which
    6  heretofore  or  hereafter  is  authorized to establish an administrative
    7  tribunal to hear and determine complaints of traffic infractions consti-
    8  tuting parking, standing or stopping violations, or  to  adjudicate  the
    9  liability  of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven
   10  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
   11  eleven-a of this chapter, or to adjudicate the liability of  owners  for
   12  violations  of  subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
   13  chapter in accordance with sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b  of  this
   14  chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and
   15  twenty-two  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  nine, OR TO ADJUDICATE THE
   16  LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION  ELEVEN
   17  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   18  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS CHAPTER, or to adjudicate the liability of owners for
   19  violations of toll collection regulations as defined in and  in  accord-
   20  ance  with  the  provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-
   21  five of the public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and
   22  sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of  nineteen
   23  hundred  fifty,  or to adjudicate liability of owners in accordance with
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13339-05-4
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    1  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for  violations  of  bus
    2  lane restrictions as defined in subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
    3  such section, or to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
    4  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section
    5  eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, such tribunal and the rules and
    6  regulations  pertaining  thereto  shall  be  constituted  in substantial
    7  conformance with the following sections.
    8    S 1-a. Section 235 of the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by
    9  section  1-a  of  chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
   10  follows:
   11    S 235. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any
   12  general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in
   13  any city which heretofore or hereafter is  authorized  to  establish  an
   14  administrative  tribunal  to  hear  and  determine complaints of traffic
   15  infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, or to
   16  adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (d)  of
   17  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
   18  eleven  hundred eleven-a of this chapter, or to adjudicate the liability
   19  of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
   20  eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  sections eleven hundred
   21  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters  twen-
   22  ty,  twenty-one,  and twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine, OR TO
   23  ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D)  OF
   24  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   25  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or to adjudicate the liability
   26  of owners for violations of toll collection regulations  as  defined  in
   27  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of section two thousand nine
   28  hundred  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law   and   sections
   29  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
   30  of  the  laws  of  nineteen hundred fifty, or to adjudicate liability of
   31  owners in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chap-
   32  ter  for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined in such section,
   33  or to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations  of  subdivision
   34  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
   35  ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter,
   36  such tribunal and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto shall  be
   37  constituted in substantial conformance with the following sections.
   38    S  1-b.  Section  235  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
   39  section 1-b of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to  read  as
   40  follows:
   41    S 235. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any
   42  general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in
   43  any  city  which  heretofore  or hereafter is authorized to establish an
   44  administrative tribunal to hear  and  determine  complaints  of  traffic
   45  infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, or to
   46  adjudicate  the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of
   47  section eleven  hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with
   48  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections
   49  sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of  the  laws  of
   50  two  thousand  nine,  OR  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY  OF  OWNERS FOR
   51  VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN  OF  THIS
   52  CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   53  TER,  or  to  adjudicate  the liability of owners for violations of toll
   54  collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
   55  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
   56  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
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    1  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
    2  fifty, or to adjudicate liability of owners in accordance  with  section
    3  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this  chapter  for violations of bus lane
    4  restrictions  as defined in such section, or to adjudicate the liability
    5  of owners for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d),  (f)  or  (g)  of
    6  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section
    7  eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, such tribunal and the rules and
    8  regulations  pertaining  thereto  shall  be  constituted  in substantial
    9  conformance with the following sections.
   10    S 1-c. Section 235 of the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by
   11  section  1-c  of  chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
   12  follows:
   13    S 235. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any
   14  general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in
   15  any city which heretofore or hereafter is  authorized  to  establish  an
   16  administrative  tribunal  to  hear  and  determine complaints of traffic
   17  infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, OR TO
   18  ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D)  OF
   19  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   20  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or to adjudicate the liability
   21  of owners for violations of toll collection regulations  as  defined  in
   22  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of section two thousand nine
   23  hundred  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law   and   sections
   24  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
   25  of  the  laws  of  nineteen hundred fifty, or to adjudicate liability of
   26  owners in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chap-
   27  ter  for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined in such section,
   28  or to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations  of  subdivision
   29  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
   30  ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter,
   31  such tribunal and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto shall  be
   32  constituted in substantial conformance with the following sections.
   33    S  1-d.  Section  235  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
   34  section 1-d of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to  read  as
   35  follows:
   36    S 235. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any
   37  general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in
   38  any  city  which  heretofore  or hereafter is authorized to establish an
   39  administrative tribunal to hear  and  determine  complaints  of  traffic
   40  infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, OR TO
   41  ADJUDICATE  THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
   42  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   43  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or to adjudicate the  liability
   44  of  owners  for  violations of toll collection regulations as defined in
   45  and in accordance with the  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine
   46  hundred   eighty-five   of  the  public  authorities  law  and  sections
   47  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
   48  of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, or  to  adjudicate  liability  of
   49  owners  for  violations  of  subdivisions  (c) and (d) of section eleven
   50  hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
   51  eighty-b of this chapter, such tribunal and the  rules  and  regulations
   52  pertaining  thereto shall be constituted in substantial conformance with
   53  the following sections.
   54    S 1-e. Section 235 of the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  as  separately
   55  amended  by  chapter 715 of the laws of 1972 and chapter 379 of the laws
   56  of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
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    1    S 235. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any
    2  general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, in
    3  any city which heretofore or hereafter is  authorized  to  establish  an
    4  administrative  tribunal  to  hear  and  determine complaints of traffic
    5  infractions constituting parking, standing or stopping violations, OR TO
    6  ADJUDICATE  THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
    7  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
    8  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or to adjudicate the  liability
    9  of  owners  for  violations of toll collection regulations as defined in
   10  and in accordance with the  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine
   11  hundred   eighty-five   of  the  public  authorities  law  and  sections
   12  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
   13  of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, such tribunal and the  rules  and
   14  regulations  pertaining  thereto  shall  be  constituted  in substantial
   15  conformance with the following sections.
   16    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
   17  amended  by  section 2 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
   18  read as follows:
   19    1. Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized  such
   20  tribunal  when  created  shall be known as the parking violations bureau
   21  and shall have jurisdiction of traffic infractions  which  constitute  a
   22  parking violation and, where authorized by local law adopted pursuant to
   23  subdivision  (a)  of  section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chapter or
   24  subdivisions (a) of sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter  as
   25  added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two
   26  of  the  laws of two thousand nine, OR SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
   27  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER,  shall  adjudicate  the  liability  of
   28  owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
   29  en  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  such section eleven hundred
   30  eleven-a [or  such],  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b  as  added  by
   31  sections  sixteen  of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the
   32  laws of two thousand nine, OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D and  shall
   33  adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners for violations of toll collection
   34  regulations as defined in and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
   35  section  two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities
   36  law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and  sixteen-c  of  chapter  seven
   37  hundred  seventy-four  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred fifty and shall
   38  adjudicate liability of owners in accordance with section eleven hundred
   39  eleven-c of this chapter for violations  of  bus  lane  restrictions  as
   40  defined in such section and shall adjudicate the liability of owners for
   41  violations  of  subdivision  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
   42  hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
   43  eighty-b of this chapter. Such tribunal, except in a city with  a  popu-
   44  lation of one million or more, shall also have jurisdiction of abandoned
   45  vehicle  violations.  For  the  purposes  of  this  article,  a  parking
   46  violation is the violation of any law, rule or regulation providing  for
   47  or  regulating  the parking, stopping or standing of a vehicle. In addi-
   48  tion for purposes of this article, "commissioner" shall mean and include
   49  the commissioner of traffic  of  the  city  or  an  official  possessing
   50  authority as such a commissioner.
   51    S 2-a. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
   52  amended by section 2-a of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
   53  read as follows:
   54    1.  Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such
   55  tribunal when created shall be known as the  parking  violations  bureau
   56  and  shall  have  jurisdiction of traffic infractions which constitute a
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    1  parking violation and, where authorized by local law adopted pursuant to
    2  subdivisions (a) of sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter  as
    3  added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two
    4  of  the  laws of two thousand nine, OR SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
    5  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER,  shall  adjudicate  the  liability  of
    6  owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
    7  en  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with such sections eleven hundred
    8  eleven-b as added by sections sixteen of  chapters  twenty,  twenty-one,
    9  and  twenty-two  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand nine OR SECTION ELEVEN
   10  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D; and shall adjudicate liability of owners in accordance
   11  with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for  violations  of
   12  bus  lane  restrictions  as defined in such section and shall adjudicate
   13  liability of owners for  violations  of  subdivisions  (c)  and  (d)  of
   14  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section
   15  eleven  hundred eighty-b of this chapter. For the purposes of this arti-
   16  cle, a parking violation is the violation of any law, rule or regulation
   17  providing for or regulating the parking, stopping or standing of a vehi-
   18  cle. In addition for purposes of this article, "commissioner" shall mean
   19  and include the commissioner of traffic  of  the  city  or  an  official
   20  possessing authority as such a commissioner.
   21    S 2-b. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
   22  amended by section 2-b of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
   23  read as follows:
   24    1.  Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such
   25  tribunal when created shall be known as the  parking  violations  bureau
   26  and  shall  have  jurisdiction of traffic infractions which constitute a
   27  parking violation and, WHERE AUTHORIZED BY LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
   28  SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
   29  shall  adjudicate  liability of owners in accordance with section eleven
   30  hundred eleven-c of this chapter for violations of bus lane restrictions
   31  as defined in such section; and shall adjudicate the liability of owners
   32  for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section elev-
   33  en hundred eighty of this chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven
   34  hundred  eighty-b  of  this chapter. For the purposes of this article, a
   35  parking violation is the  violation  of  any  law,  rule  or  regulation
   36  providing for or regulating the parking, stopping or standing of a vehi-
   37  cle. In addition for purposes of this article, "commissioner" shall mean
   38  and  include  the  commissioner  of  traffic  of the city or an official
   39  possessing authority as such a commissioner.
   40    S 2-c. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
   41  amended by section 2-c of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
   42  read as follows:
   43    1. Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized  such
   44  tribunal  when  created  shall be known as the parking violations bureau
   45  and, WHERE AUTHORIZED BY LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  (A)
   46  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, shall have jurisdic-
   47  tion  of  traffic  infractions  which constitute a parking violation and
   48  shall adjudicate the liability of owners for violations  of  subdivision
   49  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
   50  ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter.
   51  For the purposes of this article, a parking violation is  the  violation
   52  of  any law, rule or regulation providing for or regulating the parking,
   53  stopping or standing of a vehicle. In  addition  for  purposes  of  this
   54  article, "commissioner" shall mean and include the commissioner of traf-
   55  fic  of  the  city or an official possessing authority as such a commis-
   56  sioner.
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    1    S 2-d. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    2  added by chapter 715 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1.  Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such
    4  tribunal when created shall be known as the  parking  violations  bureau
    5  and,  WHERE  AUTHORIZED BY LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A)
    6  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, shall have jurisdic-
    7  tion of traffic infractions which constitute a  parking  violation.  For
    8  the  purposes  of  this article, a parking violation is the violation of
    9  any law, rule or regulation providing for  or  regulating  the  parking,
   10  stopping  or  standing  of  a  vehicle. In addition for purposes of this
   11  article, "commissioner" shall mean and include the commissioner of traf-
   12  fic of the city or an official possessing authority as  such  a  commis-
   13  sioner.
   14    S 3. Section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
   15  new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   16    14.  TO  ADJUDICATE THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVI-
   17  SION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN  ACCORDANCE
   18  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, IF AUTHORIZED BY
   19  LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A)  OF  SUCH  SECTION  ELEVEN
   20  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D.
   21    S  4.  Paragraph  f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle and
   22  traffic law, as amended by section 4 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013,
   23  is amended to read as follows:
   24    f. "Notice of violation" means a notice of  violation  as  defined  in
   25  subdivision  nine  of  section two hundred thirty-seven of this article,
   26  but shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant
   27  to authorization set forth in section eleven hundred  eleven-a  of  this
   28  chapter, or sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added by
   29  sections  sixteen  of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the
   30  laws of two thousand nine, OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS
   31  CHAPTER, and shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued
   32  pursuant  to section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public
   33  authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chap-
   34  ter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty and
   35  shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant  to
   36  section  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter and shall not be deemed
   37  to include a notice of  liability  issued  pursuant  to  section  eleven
   38  hundred eighty-b of this chapter.
   39    S  4-a. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle and
   40  traffic law, as amended by section 4-a of chapter 189  of  the  laws  of
   41  2013, is amended to read as follows:
   42    f.  "Notice  of  violation"  means a notice of violation as defined in
   43  subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-seven of this article but
   44  shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant  to
   45  authorization  set  forth  in  sections  eleven hundred eleven-b of this
   46  chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and
   47  twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine OR  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
   48  ELEVEN-D  OF THIS CHAPTER and shall not be deemed to include a notice of
   49  liability issued pursuant to section eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this
   50  chapter  and shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued
   51  pursuant to section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter.
   52    S 4-b. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle  and
   53  traffic  law,  as  amended  by section 4-b of chapter 189 of the laws of
   54  2013, is amended to read as follows:
   55    f. "Notice of violation" means a notice of  violation  as  defined  in
   56  subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-seven of this article and
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    1  shall  not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant TO
    2  AUTHORIZATION SET FORTH IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
    3  TER AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED
    4  PURSUANT  to  section  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter and shall
    5  not be deemed to include  a  notice  of  liability  issued  pursuant  to
    6  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter.
    7    S  4-c. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle and
    8  traffic law, as amended by section 4-c of chapter 189  of  the  laws  of
    9  2013, is amended to read as follows:
   10    f.  "Notice  of  violation"  means a notice of violation as defined in
   11  subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-seven of this article AND
   12  SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT  TO
   13  AUTHORIZATION SET FORTH IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   14  TER  and  shall  not  be  deemed to include a notice of liability issued
   15  pursuant to section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter.
   16    S 4-d. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle  and
   17  traffic  law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 1980, is amended to
   18  read as follows:
   19    f. "Notice of violation" means a notice of  violation  as  defined  in
   20  subdivision nine of section two hundred thirty-seven of this article AND
   21  SHALL  NOT BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO
   22  AUTHORIZATION SET FORTH IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   23  TER.
   24    S 5. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and  traffic
   25  law,  as  amended  by  section 6 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, are
   26  amended to read as follows:
   27    1. Notice of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with  a  parking
   28  violation  enters  a plea of not guilty or a person alleged to be liable
   29  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of  this  chapter  or
   30  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections
   31  sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of  the  laws  of
   32  two  thousand  nine  OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER,
   33  for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of
   34  this  chapter contests such allegation, or a person alleged to be liable
   35  in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand  nine  hundred
   36  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
   37  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
   38  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  fifty,  or a person alleged to be liable in
   39  accordance with the provisions of section  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of
   40  this  chapter  for  a  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in
   41  such section contests such allegation, or a person alleged to be  liable
   42  in  accordance with the provisions of section eleven hundred eighty-b of
   43  this chapter for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
   44  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter contests such  allegation,
   45  the  bureau  shall  advise  such person personally by such form of first
   46  class mail as the director may direct of the date on  which  he  or  she
   47  must  appear  to answer the charge at a hearing. The form and content of
   48  such notice of hearing shall be prescribed by the  director,  and  shall
   49  contain  a  warning  to advise the person so pleading or contesting that
   50  failure to appear on the date designated, or on any subsequent adjourned
   51  date, shall be deemed an admission of  liability,  and  that  a  default
   52  judgment may be entered thereon.
   53    1-a.  Fines  and  penalties.  Whenever  a  plea of not guilty has been
   54  entered, or the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability
   55  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of  this  chapter  or
   56  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections
       S. 7236--A                          8
    1  sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of  the  laws  of
    2  two  thousand nine OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or
    3  an allegation of liability in accordance with section two thousand  nine
    4  hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law or sections sixteen-a,
    5  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the
    6  laws of nineteen hundred fifty or an allegation of liability in  accord-
    7  ance  with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or an allega-
    8  tion of liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b  of
    9  this  chapter, is being contested, by a person in a timely fashion and a
   10  hearing upon the merits has been demanded, but has not  yet  been  held,
   11  the  bureau shall not issue any notice of fine or penalty to that person
   12  prior to the date of the hearing.
   13    S 5-a. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and  traf-
   14  fic  law,  as amended by section 6-a of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013,
   15  are amended to read as follows:
   16    1. Notice of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with  a  parking
   17  violation  enters  a plea of not guilty or a person alleged to be liable
   18  in accordance with sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this  chapter  as
   19  added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two
   20  of  the  laws of two thousand nine OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF
   21  THIS CHAPTER for a  violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section  eleven
   22  hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter,  or a person alleged to be liable in
   23  accordance with the provisions of section  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of
   24  this  chapter  for  a  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in
   25  such section contests such allegation, or a person alleged to be  liable
   26  in  accordance with the provisions of section eleven hundred eighty-b of
   27  this chapter for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)  of
   28  section  eleven hundred eighty of this chapter contests such allegation,
   29  the bureau shall advise such person personally by  such  form  of  first
   30  class  mail  as  the  director may direct of the date on which he or she
   31  must appear to answer the charge at a hearing. The form and  content  of
   32  such  notice  of  hearing shall be prescribed by the director, and shall
   33  contain a warning to advise the person so pleading  or  contesting  that
   34  failure to appear on the date designated, or on any subsequent adjourned
   35  date,  shall  be  deemed  an  admission of liability, and that a default
   36  judgment may be entered thereon.
   37    1-a. Fines and penalties. Whenever a  plea  of  not  guilty  has  been
   38  entered, or the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability
   39  in  accordance with sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter, as
   40  added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two
   41  of the laws of two thousand nine[,] OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN
   42  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS  CHAPTER  or  an  allegation  of  liability  in
   43  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or an
   44  allegation of liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eight-
   45  y-b of this chapter is being contested, by a person in a timely  fashion
   46  and  a  hearing  upon the merits has been demanded, but has not yet been
   47  held, the bureau shall not issue any notice of fine or penalty  to  that
   48  person prior to the date of the hearing.
   49    S  5-b. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and traf-
   50  fic law, as amended by section 6-b of chapter 189 of the laws  of  2013,
   51  are amended to read as follows:
   52    1.  Notice  of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with a parking
   53  violation enters a plea of not guilty or a person alleged to  be  liable
   54  in accordance with SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER OR IN
   55  ACCORDANCE  WITH  the  provisions  of section eleven hundred eleven-c of
   56  this chapter for a violation of a bus lane  restriction  as  defined  in
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    1  such section, contests such allegation, or a person alleged to be liable
    2  in  accordance with the provisions of section eleven hundred eighty-b of
    3  this chapter for violations of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)  of
    4  section  eleven hundred eighty of this chapter contests such allegation,
    5  the bureau shall advise such person personally by  such  form  of  first
    6  class  mail  as  the  director may direct of the date on which he or she
    7  must appear to answer the charge at a hearing. The form and  content  of
    8  such  notice  of  hearing shall be prescribed by the director, and shall
    9  contain a warning to advise the  person  so  pleading  that  failure  to
   10  appear  on  the  date  designated,  or on any subsequent adjourned date,
   11  shall be deemed an admission of liability, and that a  default  judgment
   12  may be entered thereon.
   13    1-a.  Fines  and  penalties.  Whenever  a  plea of not guilty has been
   14  entered, or the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability
   15  in accordance with SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER OR IN
   16  ACCORDANCE WITH section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chapter  or  an
   17  allegation of liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eight-
   18  y-b  of this chapter is being contested, by a person in a timely fashion
   19  and a hearing upon the merits has been demanded, but has  not  yet  been
   20  held,  the  bureau shall not issue any notice of fine or penalty to that
   21  person prior to the date of the hearing.
   22    S 5-c. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and  traf-
   23  fic  law,  as amended by section 6-c of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013,
   24  are amended to read as follows:
   25    1. Notice of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with  a  parking
   26  violation  enters a plea of not guilty, OR A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE
   27  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or a
   28  person alleged to be liable in accordance with the provisions of section
   29  eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter for  violations  of  subdivision
   30  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
   31  ter  contests  such  allegation,  the  bureau  shall  advise such person
   32  personally by such form of first class mail as the director  may  direct
   33  of  the  date  on  which he or she must appear to answer the charge at a
   34  hearing. The form and  content  of  such  notice  of  hearing  shall  be
   35  prescribed  by  the  director, and shall contain a warning to advise the
   36  person so pleading that failure to appear on the date designated, or  on
   37  any  subsequent  adjourned date, shall be deemed an admission of liabil-
   38  ity, and that a default judgment may be entered thereon.
   39    1-a. Fines and penalties. Whenever a  plea  of  not  guilty  has  been
   40  entered, OR THE BUREAU HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY
   41  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or
   42  the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability in  accord-
   43  ance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter, is being
   44  contested, by a person in a timely fashion and a hearing upon the merits
   45  has been demanded, but has not yet been held, the bureau shall not issue
   46  any notice of fine or penalty to that person prior to the  date  of  the
   47  hearing.
   48    S  5-d. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and traf-
   49  fic law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 715 of the laws of  1972  and
   50  subdivision 1-a as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1978, are amended
   51  to read as follows:
   52    1.  Notice  of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with a parking
   53  violation enters a plea of not guilty, OR A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE  LIABLE
   54  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER
   55  CONTESTS SUCH ALLEGATION, the bureau shall advise such person personally
   56  by such form of first class mail as the director may direct of the  date
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    1  on  which  he  OR SHE must appear to answer the charge at a hearing. The
    2  form and content of such notice of hearing shall be  prescribed  by  the
    3  director,  and  shall contain a warning to advise the person so pleading
    4  that  failure  to  appear  on  the date designated, or on any subsequent
    5  adjourned date, shall be deemed an admission of liability,  and  that  a
    6  default judgment may be entered thereon.
    7    1-a.  Fines  and  penalties.  Whenever  a  plea of not guilty has been
    8  entered, OR THE BUREAU HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY
    9  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS  CHAPTER,  IS
   10  BEING  CONTESTED, by a person in a timely fashion and a hearing upon the
   11  merits has been demanded, but has not yet been held,  the  bureau  shall
   12  not issue any notice of fine or penalty to that person prior to the date
   13  of the hearing.
   14    S 6. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle
   15  and  traffic  law, as amended by section 7 of chapter 189 of the laws of
   16  2013, are amended to read as follows:
   17    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
   18  or an allegation of liability in accordance with section eleven  hundred
   19  eleven-a  of  this chapter or in accordance with sections eleven hundred
   20  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters  twen-
   21  ty,  twenty-one,  and  twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine or IN
   22  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS  CHAPTER  OR  an
   23  allegation  of  liability  in  accordance with section two thousand nine
   24  hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law or sections sixteen-a,
   25  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
   26  laws  of nineteen hundred fifty or an allegation of liability in accord-
   27  ance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or an  allega-
   28  tion  of liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
   29  this chapter, shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with
   30  rules and regulations promulgated by the bureau.
   31    g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty or of a
   32  hearing at which liability in accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
   33  eleven-a  of  this chapter or in accordance with sections eleven hundred
   34  eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters  twen-
   35  ty,  twenty-one,  and  twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine OR IN
   36  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  is
   37  contested  or of a hearing at which liability in accordance with section
   38  two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities  law  or
   39  sections  sixteen-a,  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred
   40  seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty is contested or of  a
   41  hearing  at  which  liability  in accordance with section eleven hundred
   42  eleven-c of this chapter or a hearing at which liability  in  accordance
   43  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of  this chapter is contested.
   44  Recording devices may be used for the making of the record.
   45    S 6-a. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehi-
   46  cle and traffic law, as amended by section 7-a of  chapter  189  of  the
   47  laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   48    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
   49  or an allegation of liability in accordance with sections eleven hundred
   50  eleven-b of this chapter, as added by sections sixteen of chapters twen-
   51  ty,  twenty-one,  and  twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine OR IN
   52  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS  CHAPTER  or  an
   53  allegation  of  liability  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
   54  eleven-c of this chapter or an allegation  of  liability  in  accordance
   55  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of this chapter, shall be held
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    1  before a hearing examiner  in  accordance  with  rules  and  regulations
    2  promulgated by the bureau.
    3    g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty or of a
    4  hearing  at  which  liability in accordance with sections eleven hundred
    5  eleven-b of this chapter, as added by sections sixteen of chapters twen-
    6  ty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the laws of two thousand  nine  OR  IN
    7  ACCORDANCE  WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or of a
    8  hearing at which liability in accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
    9  eleven-c  of  this chapter or a hearing at which liability in accordance
   10  with section eleven hundred  eighty-b  of  this  chapter  is  contested.
   11  Recording devices may be used for the making of the record.
   12    S 6-b. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehi-
   13  cle  and  traffic  law,  as amended by section 7-b of chapter 189 of the
   14  laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   15    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
   16  OR AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
   17  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  or an allegation of liability in accordance
   18  with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or an allegation of
   19  liability in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of  this
   20  chapter shall be held before a hearing examiner in accordance with rules
   21  and regulations promulgated by the bureau.
   22    g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty or OF A
   23  HEARING  AT  WHICH  LIABILITY  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   24  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER OR of a hearing at which liability  in  accord-
   25  ance  with  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or a hearing
   26  at which liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
   27  this chapter is contested.  Recording devices may be used for the making
   28  of the record.
   29    S 6-c. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehi-
   30  cle and traffic law, as amended by section 7-c of  chapter  189  of  the
   31  laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   32    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
   33  OR  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   34  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or an allegation  of  liability  in  accordance
   35  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of  this chapter shall be held
   36  before a hearing examiner  in  accordance  with  rules  and  regulations
   37  promulgated by the bureau.
   38    g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty OR OF A
   39  HEARING  AT  WHICH  LIABILITY  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   40  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or a hearing at which liability  in  accordance
   41  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of  this chapter is contested.
   42  Recording devices may be used for the making of the record.
   43    S 6-d. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehi-
   44  cle and traffic law, as added by chapter 715 of the laws  of  1972,  are
   45  amended to read as follows:
   46    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
   47  OR  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   48  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER shall be held  before  a  hearing  examiner  in
   49  accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the bureau.
   50    g.  A  record  shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty OR A
   51  HEARING AT WHICH LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
   52  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER IS CONTESTED. Recording devices may be used for
   53  the making of the record.
   54    S  7.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and traffic
   55  law, as amended by section 8 of chapter 189 of the  laws  of  2013,  are
   56  amended to read as follows:
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    1    1.  The  hearing  examiner  shall make a determination on the charges,
    2  either sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner  deter-
    3  mines  that the charges have been sustained he or she may examine either
    4  the prior  parking  violations  record  or  the  record  of  liabilities
    5  incurred  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred eleven-a of this
    6  chapter or in accordance with sections eleven hundred eleven-b  of  this
    7  chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and
    8  twenty-two  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH
    9  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or the record of liabil-
   10  ities incurred in accordance with  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred
   11  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
   12  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
   13  laws  of  nineteen hundred fifty of the person charged, or the record of
   14  liabilities incurred in accordance with section eleven hundred  eleven-c
   15  of  this  chapter,  or  the record of liabilities incurred in accordance
   16  with section eleven hundred eighty-b  of  this  chapter,  as  applicable
   17  prior  to rendering a final determination. Final determinations sustain-
   18  ing or dismissing charges shall be entered on a final determination roll
   19  maintained by the bureau  together  with  records  showing  payment  and
   20  nonpayment of penalties.
   21    2.  Where  an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a
   22  parking violation or contest an allegation of  liability  in  accordance
   23  with  section  eleven  hundred eleven-a of this chapter or in accordance
   24  with sections eleven hundred  eleven-b  of  this  chapter  as  added  by
   25  sections  sixteen  of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the
   26  laws of two thousand nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
   27  ELEVEN-D  OF THIS CHAPTER or fails to contest an allegation of liability
   28  in accordance with section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of  the
   29  public authorities law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of
   30  chapter  seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred
   31  fifty, or fails to contest an allegation of liability in accordance with
   32  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or fails to  contest  an
   33  allegation of liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eight-
   34  y-b  of  this chapter or fails to appear on a designated hearing date or
   35  subsequent adjourned date or fails after a hearing to  comply  with  the
   36  determination of a hearing examiner, as prescribed by this article or by
   37  rule  or  regulation  of  the  bureau, such failure to plead or contest,
   38  appear or comply shall be deemed, for  all  purposes,  an  admission  of
   39  liability  and  shall  be  grounds  for rendering and entering a default
   40  judgment in an amount provided by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
   41  bureau.  However,  after  the expiration of the original date prescribed
   42  for entering a plea and before a default judgment may  be  rendered,  in
   43  such  case the bureau shall pursuant to the applicable provisions of law
   44  notify such operator or owner, by such form of first class mail  as  the
   45  commission  may  direct;  (1)  of the violation charged, or liability in
   46  accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this  chapter  or  in
   47  accordance  with  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b of this chapter as
   48  added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two
   49  of the laws of two thousand nine OR IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN
   50  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER alleged or liability in accordance with
   51  section  two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities
   52  law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter  seven
   53  hundred  seventy-four  of  the laws of nineteen hundred fifty alleged or
   54  liability in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this
   55  chapter  or liability in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b
   56  of this chapter alleged, (2) of the impending default judgment, (3) that
       S. 7236--A                         13
    1  such judgment will be entered in the Civil Court of the  city  in  which
    2  the bureau has been established, or other court of civil jurisdiction or
    3  any  other  place  provided  for the entry of civil judgments within the
    4  state  of  New York, and (4) that a default may be avoided by entering a
    5  plea or contesting an allegation of liability in accordance with section
    6  eleven hundred eleven-a of this chapter or in accordance  with  sections
    7  eleven  hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added by sections sixteen of
    8  chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the laws of two  thousand
    9  nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   10  TER  or contesting an allegation of liability in accordance with section
   11  two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities  law  or
   12  sections  sixteen-a,  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred
   13  seventy-four of the laws of nineteen  hundred  fifty  or  contesting  an
   14  allegation  of  liability  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
   15  eleven-c of this chapter or contesting an  allegation  of  liability  in
   16  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter, as
   17  appropriate, or making an appearance within thirty days of  the  sending
   18  of  such  notice.  Pleas  entered  and allegations contested within that
   19  period shall be in the manner prescribed in the notice and  not  subject
   20  to  additional penalty or fee. Such notice of impending default judgment
   21  shall not be required prior to the rendering and entry  thereof  in  the
   22  case  of  operators  or owners who are non-residents of the state of New
   23  York. In no  case  shall  a  default  judgment  be  rendered  or,  where
   24  required,  a notice of impending default judgment be sent, more than two
   25  years after the expiration of the time prescribed for entering a plea or
   26  contesting an allegation. When a person has demanded a hearing, no  fine
   27  or  penalty shall be imposed for any reason, prior to the holding of the
   28  hearing. If the hearing examiner  shall  make  a  determination  on  the
   29  charges,  sustaining  them, he or she shall impose no greater penalty or
   30  fine than those upon which the person was originally charged.
   31    S 7-a. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and  traffic
   32  law,  as  amended by section 8-a of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, are
   33  amended to read as follows:
   34    1. The hearing examiner shall make a  determination  on  the  charges,
   35  either  sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner deter-
   36  mines that the charges have been sustained he or she may examine  either
   37  the  prior  parking  violations  record  or  the  record  of liabilities
   38  incurred in accordance with sections eleven  hundred  eleven-b  of  this
   39  chapter as added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and
   40  twenty-two  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   41  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER of the  person  charged,
   42  or  the record of liabilities incurred in accordance with section eleven
   43  hundred eleven-c of this chapter, or the record of liabilities  incurred
   44  in  accordance  with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, as
   45  applicable prior to rendering  a  final  determination.  Final  determi-
   46  nations  sustaining  or  dismissing  charges shall be entered on a final
   47  determination roll maintained by the bureau together with records  show-
   48  ing payment and nonpayment of penalties.
   49    2.  Where  an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a
   50  parking violation or contest an allegation of  liability  in  accordance
   51  with  sections  eleven  hundred  eleven-b  of  this  chapter as added by
   52  sections sixteen of chapters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two  of  the
   53  laws  of  two thousand nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
   54  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or fails to contest an allegation of liability
   55  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chapter,  or
   56  fails  to contest an allegation of liability incurred in accordance with
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    1  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, or fails to appear on a
    2  designated hearing date or subsequent adjourned date or  fails  after  a
    3  hearing  to  comply  with  the  determination  of a hearing examiner, as
    4  prescribed  by this article or by rule or regulation of the bureau, such
    5  failure to plead, contest, appear or comply shall  be  deemed,  for  all
    6  purposes,  an  admission of liability and shall be grounds for rendering
    7  and entering a default judgment in an amount provided by the  rules  and
    8  regulations of the bureau. However, after the expiration of the original
    9  date prescribed for entering a plea and before a default judgment may be
   10  rendered,  in  such  case  the  bureau  shall pursuant to the applicable
   11  provisions of law notify such operator or owner, by such form  of  first
   12  class  mail  as the commission may direct; (1) of the violation charged,
   13  or liability in accordance with sections eleven hundred eleven-b of this
   14  chapter, as added by sections sixteen of  chapters  twenty,  twenty-one,
   15  and  twenty-two  of  the laws of two thousand nine OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   16  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or liability in accord-
   17  ance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter  or  liability
   18  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter
   19  alleged, (2) of the impending default judgment, (3) that  such  judgment
   20  will  be  entered in the Civil Court of the city in which the bureau has
   21  been established, or other court of  civil  jurisdiction  or  any  other
   22  place  provided for the entry of civil judgments within the state of New
   23  York, and (4) that a default may  be  avoided  by  entering  a  plea  or
   24  contesting an allegation of liability in accordance with sections eleven
   25  hundred  eleven-b  of this chapter as added by sections sixteen of chap-
   26  ters twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine
   27  OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
   28  or  contesting  an  allegation  of  liability in accordance with section
   29  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter or contesting an  allegation  of
   30  liability  in  accordance  with  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this
   31  chapter as appropriate, or making an appearance within  thirty  days  of
   32  the  sending  of  such  notice.  Pleas entered and allegations contested
   33  within that period shall be in the manner prescribed in the  notice  and
   34  not  subject  to  additional  penalty  or  fee. Such notice of impending
   35  default judgment shall not be required prior to the rendering and  entry
   36  thereof  in the case of operators or owners who are non-residents of the
   37  state of New York. In no case shall a default judgment be  rendered  or,
   38  where  required,  a  notice  of impending default judgment be sent, more
   39  than two years after the expiration of the time prescribed for  entering
   40  a  plea  or contesting an allegation. When a person has demanded a hear-
   41  ing, no fine or penalty shall be imposed for any reason,  prior  to  the
   42  holding  of  the  hearing. If the hearing examiner shall make a determi-
   43  nation on the charges, sustaining them, he or she shall impose no great-
   44  er penalty or fine than those  upon  which  the  person  was  originally
   45  charged.
   46    S  7-b. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and traffic
   47  law, as amended by section 8-b of chapter 189 of the laws of  2013,  are
   48  amended to read as follows:
   49    1.  The  hearing  examiner  shall make a determination on the charges,
   50  either sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner  deter-
   51  mines  that  the  charges  have been sustained he or she may examine the
   52  prior parking violations record OR THE RECORD OF LIABILITIES INCURRED IN
   53  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER  of  the
   54  person charged, or the record of liabilities incurred in accordance with
   55  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this  chapter,  or the record of
   56  liabilities incurred in accordance with section eleven hundred  eighty-b
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    1  of  this  chapter,  as  applicable,  prior to rendering a final determi-
    2  nation. Final determinations sustaining or dismissing charges  shall  be
    3  entered  on a final determination roll maintained by the bureau together
    4  with records showing payment and nonpayment of penalties.
    5    2.  Where  an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a
    6  parking violation OR CONTEST AN ALLEGATION OF  LIABILITY  IN  ACCORDANCE
    7  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, or fails to
    8  contest an allegation of liability in  accordance  with  section  eleven
    9  hundred  eleven-c  of this chapter, or fails to contest an allegation of
   10  liability incurred in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
   11  this chapter, or fails to appear on a designated hearing date or  subse-
   12  quent  adjourned date or fails after a hearing to comply with the deter-
   13  mination of a hearing examiner, as prescribed by this article or by rule
   14  or regulation of the bureau, such failure to  plead,  appear  or  comply
   15  shall  be  deemed, for all purposes, an admission of liability and shall
   16  be grounds for rendering and entering a default judgment  in  an  amount
   17  provided  by the rules and regulations of the bureau. However, after the
   18  expiration of the original date  prescribed  for  entering  a  plea  and
   19  before a default judgment may be rendered, in such case the bureau shall
   20  pursuant  to  the  applicable  provisions of law notify such operator or
   21  owner, by such form of first class mail as the  commission  may  direct;
   22  (1)  of  the  violation charged, OR LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   23  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or alleged liability in accord-
   24  ance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of  this  chapter  or  alleged
   25  liability  in  accordance  with  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this
   26  chapter, (2) of the impending default judgment, (3) that  such  judgment
   27  will  be  entered in the Civil Court of the city in which the bureau has
   28  been established, or other court of  civil  jurisdiction  or  any  other
   29  place  provided for the entry of civil judgments within the state of New
   30  York, and (4) that a default may  be  avoided  by  entering  a  plea  or
   31  CONTESTING  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN
   32  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER OR contesting an allegation of  liabil-
   33  ity  in  accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter
   34  or contesting an allegation of  liability  in  accordance  with  section
   35  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter or making an appearance within
   36  thirty days of the sending of such notice.  Pleas  entered  within  that
   37  period  shall  be in the manner prescribed in the notice and not subject
   38  to additional penalty or fee. Such notice of impending default  judgment
   39  shall  not  be  required prior to the rendering and entry thereof in the
   40  case of operators or owners who are non-residents of the  state  of  New
   41  York.  In  no  case  shall  a  default  judgment  be  rendered or, where
   42  required, a notice of impending default judgment be sent, more than  two
   43  years  after  the expiration of the time prescribed for entering a plea.
   44  When a person has demanded a  hearing,  no  fine  or  penalty  shall  be
   45  imposed  for  any  reason,  prior  to the holding of the hearing. If the
   46  hearing examiner shall make a determination on the  charges,  sustaining
   47  them,  he or she shall impose no greater penalty or fine than those upon
   48  which the person was originally charged.
   49    S 7-c. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and  traffic
   50  law,  as  amended by section 8-c of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, are
   51  amended to read as follows:
   52    1. The hearing examiner shall make a  determination  on  the  charges,
   53  either  sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner deter-
   54  mines that the charges have been sustained he OR SHE may examine  EITHER
   55  the  prior  parking  violations  record  OR  THE  RECORD  OF LIABILITIES
   56  INCURRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS
       S. 7236--A                         16
    1  CHAPTER  of the person charged, or the record of liabilities incurred in
    2  accordance with section eleven hundred  eighty-b  of  this  chapter,  as
    3  applicable,  prior  to  rendering  a final determination. Final determi-
    4  nations  sustaining  or  dismissing  charges shall be entered on a final
    5  determination roll maintained by the bureau together with records  show-
    6  ing payment and nonpayment of penalties.
    7    2.  Where  an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a
    8  parking violation OR CONTEST AN ALLEGATION OF  LIABILITY  IN  ACCORDANCE
    9  WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or fails to contest
   10  an  allegation  of  liability incurred in accordance with section eleven
   11  hundred eighty-b of this chapter or fails  to  appear  on  a  designated
   12  hearing  date  or  subsequent adjourned date or fails after a hearing to
   13  comply with the determination of a hearing examiner,  as  prescribed  by
   14  this  article  or  by  rule or regulation of the bureau, such failure to
   15  plead, appear or comply shall be deemed, for all purposes, an  admission
   16  of  liability  and shall be grounds for rendering and entering a default
   17  judgment in an amount provided by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
   18  bureau.  However,  after  the expiration of the original date prescribed
   19  for entering a plea and before a default judgment may  be  rendered,  in
   20  such  case the bureau shall pursuant to the applicable provisions of law
   21  notify such operator or owner, by such form of first class mail  as  the
   22  commission  may  direct;  (1)  of  the violation charged OR LIABILITY IN
   23  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  or
   24  liability  in  accordance  with  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this
   25  chapter alleged, (2) of the impending default judgment,  (3)  that  such
   26  judgment  will  be  entered  in the Civil Court of the city in which the
   27  bureau has been established, or other court of civil jurisdiction or any
   28  other place provided for the entry of civil judgments within  the  state
   29  of New York, and (4) that a default may be avoided by entering a plea or
   30  CONTESTING  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN
   31  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER OR contesting an allegation of  liabil-
   32  ity  in  accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter
   33  or making an appearance within  thirty  days  of  the  sending  of  such
   34  notice.    Pleas  entered  within  that  period  shall  be in the manner
   35  prescribed in the notice and not subject to additional penalty  or  fee.
   36  Such notice of impending default judgment shall not be required prior to
   37  the  rendering  and entry thereof in the case of operators or owners who
   38  are non-residents of the state of New York. In no case shall  a  default
   39  judgment  be  rendered or, where required, a notice of impending default
   40  judgment be sent, more than two years after the expiration of  the  time
   41  prescribed for entering a plea. When a person has demanded a hearing, no
   42  fine or penalty shall be imposed for any reason, prior to the holding of
   43  the  hearing.  If the hearing examiner shall make a determination on the
   44  charges, sustaining them, he shall impose no  greater  penalty  or  fine
   45  than those upon which the person was originally charged.
   46    S  7-d. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and traffic
   47  law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 715  of  the  laws  of  1972  and
   48  subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 1978, are amended
   49  to read as follows:
   50    1.  The  hearing  examiner  shall make a determination on the charges,
   51  either sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner  deter-
   52  mines  that the charges have been sustained he OR SHE may examine EITHER
   53  the prior  parking  violations  record  OR  THE  RECORD  OF  LIABILITIES
   54  INCURRED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS
   55  CHAPTER of the person charged, AS APPLICABLE, prior to rendering a final
   56  determination. Final determinations  sustaining  or  dismissing  charges
       S. 7236--A                         17
    1  shall  be entered on a final determination roll maintained by the bureau
    2  together with records showing payment and nonpayment of penalties.
    3    2.  Where  an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge of a
    4  parking violation OR CONTEST AN ALLEGATION OF  LIABILITY  IN  ACCORDANCE
    5  WITH  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or fails to appear
    6  on a designated hearing date or subsequent adjourned date or fails after
    7  a hearing to comply with the determination of  a  hearing  examiner,  as
    8  prescribed  by this article or by rule or regulation of the bureau, such
    9  failure to plead, appear or comply shall be deemed, for all purposes, an
   10  admission of liability and shall be grounds for rendering and entering a
   11  default judgment in an amount provided by the rules and  regulations  of
   12  the   bureau.  However,  after  the  expiration  of  the  original  date
   13  prescribed for entering a plea and before  a  default  judgment  may  be
   14  rendered,  in  such  case  the  bureau  shall pursuant to the applicable
   15  provisions of law notify such operator or owner, by such form  of  first
   16  class mail as the commission may direct; (1) of the violation charged OR
   17  LIABILITY  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS
   18  CHAPTER ALLEGED, (2) of the impending default judgment,  (3)  that  such
   19  judgment  will  be  entered  in the Civil Court of the city in which the
   20  bureau has been established, or other court of civil jurisdiction or any
   21  other place provided for the entry of civil judgments within  the  state
   22  of New York, and (4) that a default may be avoided by entering a plea OR
   23  CONTESTING  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN
   24  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER or making an appearance  within  thirty
   25  days  of  the  sending  of such notice. Pleas entered within that period
   26  shall be in the manner prescribed in the notice and not subject to addi-
   27  tional penalty or fee. Such notice of impending default  judgment  shall
   28  not  be required prior to the rendering and entry thereof in the case of
   29  operators or owners who are non-residents of the state of New  York.  In
   30  no  case  shall  a  default  judgment  be rendered or, where required, a
   31  notice of impending default judgment be sent, more than two years  after
   32  the expiration of the time prescribed for entering a plea. When a person
   33  has  demanded  a  hearing,  no  fine or penalty shall be imposed for any
   34  reason, prior to the holding of the hearing.  If  the  hearing  examiner
   35  shall  make  a  determination  on the charges, sustaining them, he shall
   36  impose no greater penalty or fine than those upon which the  person  was
   37  originally charged.
   38    S 8. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401
   39  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 9 of chapter 189
   40  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   41    (i) If at the time of application for a registration or renewal there-
   42  of there is a certification from a  court,  parking  violations  bureau,
   43  traffic  and  parking  violations  agency  or administrative tribunal of
   44  appropriate  jurisdiction  or  administrative  tribunal  of  appropriate
   45  jurisdiction  that the registrant or his or her representative failed to
   46  appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date or failed  to
   47  comply  with  the  rules  and  regulations of an administrative tribunal
   48  following entry of a final decision in response to a total of  three  or
   49  more summonses or other process in the aggregate, issued within an eigh-
   50  teen  month  period,  charging  either  that: (i) such motor vehicle was
   51  parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated for
   52  hire by the registrant or his or her agent without being licensed  as  a
   53  motor  vehicle for hire by the appropriate local authority, in violation
   54  of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any law, ordinance,  rule
   55  or  regulation  made  by  a  local authority; or (ii) the registrant was
   56  liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a [of this chap-
       S. 7236--A                         18
    1  ter or], section eleven  hundred  eleven-b  OR  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
    2  ELEVEN-D  of  this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
    3  eleven hundred eleven of this  chapter;  or  (iii)  the  registrant  was
    4  liable  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chap-
    5  ter for a violation of  a  bus  lane  restriction  as  defined  in  such
    6  section,  or  (iv)  the registrant was liable in accordance with section
    7  eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter for a violation  of  subdivision
    8  (c) or (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter, the commis-
    9  sioner or his or her agent shall deny the registration or renewal appli-
   10  cation  until  the  applicant provides proof from the court, traffic and
   11  parking violations agency or administrative tribunal wherein the charges
   12  are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the case of
   13  an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied  with  the  rules
   14  and  regulations  of  said tribunal following entry of a final decision.
   15  Where an application is denied pursuant to this section, the commission-
   16  er may, in his or her discretion, deny a registration or renewal  appli-
   17  cation to any other person for the same vehicle and may deny a registra-
   18  tion  or  renewal  application for any other motor vehicle registered in
   19  the name of the applicant where the  commissioner  has  determined  that
   20  such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivi-
   21  sion  and  where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that
   22  such registration or renewal will  have  the  effect  of  defeating  the
   23  purposes of this subdivision. Such denial shall only remain in effect as
   24  long  as  the summonses remain unanswered, or in the case of an adminis-
   25  trative tribunal, the registrant fails to  comply  with  the  rules  and
   26  regulations following entry of a final decision.
   27    S  8-a.   Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
   28  and traffic law, as amended by section 9-a of chapter 189 of the laws of
   29  2013, is amended to read as follows:
   30    a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
   31  there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
   32  appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
   33  tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
   34  date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
   35  trative tribunal following entry of a final decision in  response  to  a
   36  total  of  three  or  more  summonses or other process in the aggregate,
   37  issued within an eighteen month period, charging either that:  (i)  such
   38  motor  vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehi-
   39  cle was operated for hire by the registrant or his or her agent  without
   40  being  licensed  as  a  motor  vehicle for hire by the appropriate local
   41  authority, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter  or  of
   42  any  law,  ordinance,  rule  or regulation made by a local authority; or
   43  (ii) the registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred
   44  eleven-b of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
   45  eleven  hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter;  or (iii) the registrant was
   46  liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chap-
   47  ter  for  a  violation  of  a  bus  lane  restriction as defined in such
   48  section; OR (IV) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION
   49  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
   50  (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER or [(iv)]  (V)  the
   51  registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b
   52  of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)
   53  of  section  eleven  hundred eighty of this chapter, the commissioner or
   54  his or her agent shall deny  the  registration  or  renewal  application
   55  until  the  applicant  provides  proof  from the court or administrative
   56  tribunal wherein the charges are pending that an  appearance  or  answer
       S. 7236--A                         19
    1  has  been  made  or in the case of an administrative tribunal that he or
    2  she has complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal follow-
    3  ing entry of a final decision. Where an application is  denied  pursuant
    4  to  this section, the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deny a
    5  registration or renewal application to any other  person  for  the  same
    6  vehicle and may deny a registration or renewal application for any other
    7  motor  vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where the commis-
    8  sioner has determined that such registrant's intent has  been  to  evade
    9  the  purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner has reason-
   10  able grounds to believe that such registration or renewal will have  the
   11  effect  of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial shall
   12  only remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or  in
   13  the  case  of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails to comply
   14  with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   15    S 8-b.  Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of  the  vehicle
   16  and traffic law, as amended by section 9-b of chapter 189 of the laws of
   17  2013, is amended to read as follows:
   18    a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
   19  there  is  a  certification  from  a court or administrative tribunal of
   20  appropriate jurisdiction that the registrant or  his  or  her  represen-
   21  tative  failed  to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned
   22  date or failed to comply with the rules and regulations of  an  adminis-
   23  trative  tribunal  following  entry  of  a final decision in response to
   24  three or more summonses or other  process,  issued  within  an  eighteen
   25  month  period, charging that: (I) such motor vehicle was parked, stopped
   26  or standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated  for  hire  by  the
   27  registrant or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle
   28  for  hire by the appropriate local authority, in violation of any of the
   29  provisions of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or  regulation
   30  made  by a local authority; or (II) the registrant was liable in accord-
   31  ance with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this  chapter  for  a
   32  violation  of  a  bus lane restriction as defined in such section[,]; OR
   33  (III) THE REGISTRANT  WAS  LIABLE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN
   34  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
   35  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER; or  (IV)  the  registrant
   36  was  liable  in  accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this
   37  chapter for a violation of subdivision (b), (c),  (d),  (f)  or  (g)  of
   38  section  eleven  hundred eighty of this chapter, the commissioner or his
   39  or her agent shall deny the registration or  renewal  application  until
   40  the  applicant  provides proof from the court or administrative tribunal
   41  wherein the charges are pending that an appearance or  answer  has  been
   42  made  or  in  the  case of an administrative tribunal that he or she has
   43  complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry
   44  of a final decision. Where an application is  denied  pursuant  to  this
   45  section,  the  commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deny a regis-
   46  tration or renewal application to any other person for the same  vehicle
   47  and  may  deny a registration or renewal application for any other motor
   48  vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where  the  commissioner
   49  has  determined  that  such  registrant's  intent  has been to evade the
   50  purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner  has  reasonable
   51  grounds  to  believe  that  such  registration  or renewal will have the
   52  effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial  shall
   53  only  remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in
   54  the case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails  to  comply
   55  with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
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    1    S  8-c.   Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
    2  and traffic law, as amended by section 9-c of chapter 189 of the laws of
    3  2013, is amended to read as follows:
    4    a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
    5  there  is  a  certification  from  a court or administrative tribunal of
    6  appropriate jurisdiction  that  the  registrant  or  his  representative
    7  failed  to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date or
    8  failed to comply with the rules and  regulations  of  an  administrative
    9  tribunal  following  entry  of  a final decision in response to three or
   10  more summonses or other process, issued within an eighteen month period,
   11  charging that: (I) such motor vehicle was parked, stopped  or  standing,
   12  or  that  such  motor vehicle was operated for hire by the registrant or
   13  his agent without being licensed as a motor  vehicle  for  hire  by  the
   14  appropriate  local  authority,  in violation of any of the provisions of
   15  this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule  or  regulation  made  by  a
   16  local authority[,]; OR (II) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   17  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER FOR A VIOLATION OF
   18  SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER;  or
   19  (III)  the  registrant  was  liable  in  accordance  with section eleven
   20  hundred eighty-b of this chapter for violations of subdivision (b), (c),
   21  (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of  this  chapter,  the
   22  commissioner  or his agent shall deny the registration or renewal appli-
   23  cation until the applicant provides proof from the court or  administra-
   24  tive  tribunal  wherein  the  charges  are pending that an appearance or
   25  answer has been made or in the case of an administrative  tribunal  that
   26  he  has complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal follow-
   27  ing entry of a final decision. Where an application is  denied  pursuant
   28  to  this section, the commissioner may, in his discretion, deny a regis-
   29  tration or renewal application to any other person for the same  vehicle
   30  and  may  deny a registration or renewal application for any other motor
   31  vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where  the  commissioner
   32  has  determined  that  such  registrant's  intent  has been to evade the
   33  purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner  has  reasonable
   34  grounds  to  believe  that  such  registration  or renewal will have the
   35  effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial  shall
   36  only  remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in
   37  the case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails  to  comply
   38  with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   39    S  8-d.   Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
   40  and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 339 and  592  of  the
   41  laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   42    a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
   43  there  is  a  certification  from  a court or administrative tribunal of
   44  appropriate jurisdiction  that  the  registrant  or  his  representative
   45  failed  to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date or
   46  failed to comply with the rules and  regulations  of  an  administrative
   47  tribunal  following  entry  of  a final decision in response to three or
   48  more summonses or other process, issued within an eighteen month period,
   49  charging that such motor vehicle was parked,  stopped  or  standing,  or
   50  that  such  motor vehicle was operated for hire by the registrant or his
   51  agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle for hire by  the  appro-
   52  priate  local  authority,  in violation of any of the provisions of this
   53  chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation  made  by  a  local
   54  authority, OR THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEV-
   55  EN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D)
   56  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER,  the  commissioner  or
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    1  his  agent  shall deny the registration or renewal application until the
    2  applicant provides proof from the court or administrative tribunal wher-
    3  ein the charges are pending that an appearance or answer has  been  made
    4  or  in  the case of an administrative tribunal that he has complied with
    5  the rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry  of  a  final
    6  decision.  Where  an application is denied pursuant to this section, the
    7  commissioner may, in his discretion,  deny  a  registration  or  renewal
    8  application  to  any  other  person  for the same vehicle and may deny a
    9  registration or renewal application for any other motor  vehicle  regis-
   10  tered in the name of the applicant where the commissioner has determined
   11  that  such  registrant's  intent  has been to evade the purposes of this
   12  subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe
   13  that such registration or renewal will have the effect of defeating  the
   14  purposes of this subdivision. Such denial shall only remain in effect as
   15  long  as  the summonses remain unanswered, or in the case of an adminis-
   16  trative tribunal, the registrant fails to  comply  with  the  rules  and
   17  regulations following entry of a final decision.
   18    S  9.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
   19  1111-d to read as follows:
   20    S 1111-D. OWNER LIABILITY FOR  FAILURE  OF  OPERATOR  TO  COMPLY  WITH
   21  TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS. (A) 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
   22  OF  LAW,  THE  CITY  OF MT. VERNON IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO
   23  ADOPT AND AMEND A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  A  DEMONSTRATION
   24  PROGRAM  IMPOSING MONETARY LIABILITY ON THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE FOR FAIL-
   25  URE OF AN OPERATOR THEREOF TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS IN
   26  SUCH CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH DEMON-
   27  STRATION PROGRAM SHALL EMPOWER SUCH CITY TO INSTALL AND  OPERATE  TRAFF-
   28  IC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  DEVICES AT NO MORE THAN
   29  TWELVE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN SUCH CITY AT ANY ONE TIME.
   30    2. SUCH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL UTILIZE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGIES  TO
   31  ENSURE,  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, THAT PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED BY SUCH
   32  TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL  PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING  SYSTEMS  SHALL  NOT
   33  INCLUDE IMAGES THAT IDENTIFY THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS, OR THE CONTENTS
   34  OF  THE  VEHICLE.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED
   35  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISMISSED SOLELY BECAUSE A  PHOTOGRAPH
   36  OR  PHOTOGRAPHS  ALLOW FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTENTS OF A VEHI-
   37  CLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CITY HAS MADE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH
   38  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   39    (B) IN ANY SUCH CITY WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE PURSU-
   40  ANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL  BE
   41  LIABLE  FOR  A  PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE
   42  WAS USED OR OPERATED WITH  THE  PERMISSION  OF  THE  OWNER,  EXPRESS  OR
   43  IMPLIED, IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEV-
   44  EN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  SUCH  VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION
   45  OBTAINED  FROM  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO   VIOLATION-MONITORING
   46  SYSTEM;  PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
   47  A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHERE THE  OPERATOR  OF  SUCH
   48  VEHICLE  HAS  BEEN  CONVICTED OF THE UNDERLYING VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
   49  (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   50    (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "OWNER"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING
   51  PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
   52  "TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A
   53  VEHICLE SENSOR INSTALLED TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL
   54  SIGNAL WHICH AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCES TWO OR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, TWO OR MORE
   55  MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  A  VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES OF EACH VEHICLE
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    1  AT THE TIME IT IS USED OR OPERATED IN VIOLATION OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF
    2  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
    3    (D)  A  CERTIFICATE,  SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY A TECHNICIAN EMPLOYED BY
    4  THE CITY OF MT. VERNON IN WHICH THE CHARGED  VIOLATION  OCCURRED,  OR  A
    5  FACSIMILE  THEREOF,  BASED  UPON  INSPECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTO-
    6  GRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY A TRAFFIC-CONTROL
    7  SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE  EVIDENCE
    8  OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN. ANY PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDE-
    9  OTAPE  OR  OTHER  RECORDED  IMAGES  EVIDENCING SUCH A VIOLATION SHALL BE
   10  AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE  THE  LIABILITY
   11  FOR SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT
   12  TO THIS SECTION.
   13    (E)  AN  OWNER  LIABLE  FOR  A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
   14  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW  OR  ORDI-
   15  NANCE  ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR MONETARY
   16  PENALTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEDULE OF FINES AND PENALTIES TO BE SET
   17  FORTH IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, EXCEPT THAT IF SUCH CITY BY  LOCAL
   18  LAW HAS AUTHORIZED THE ADJUDICATION OF SUCH OWNER LIABILITY BY A PARKING
   19  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,  SUCH  SCHEDULE SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY SUCH BUREAU.
   20  THE LIABILITY OF THE OWNER PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED
   21  FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LOCAL LAW
   22  OR  ORDINANCE  MAY  PROVIDE  FOR  AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY NOT IN EXCESS OF
   23  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION FOR THE FAILURE TO RESPOND  TO  A
   24  NOTICE OF LIABILITY WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME PERIOD.
   25    (F)  AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY UNDER A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED
   26  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR
   27  AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING RECORD OF  THE  PERSON  UPON
   28  WHOM  SUCH  LIABILITY  IS  IMPOSED  NOR  SHALL  IT BE USED FOR INSURANCE
   29  PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
   30    (G) 1. A NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO EACH
   31  PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
   32  (D)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS
   33  SECTION. PERSONAL DELIVERY ON THE OWNER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. A  MANUAL
   34  OR  AUTOMATIC RECORD OF MAILING PREPARED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSI-
   35  NESS SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
   36    2. A NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME  AND  ADDRESS  OF  THE
   37  PERSON  ALLEGED  TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
   38  (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   39  SECTION,  THE  REGISTRATION  NUMBER  OF  THE  VEHICLE  INVOLVED  IN SUCH
   40  VIOLATION, THE LOCATION WHERE SUCH VIOLATION TOOK PLACE,  THE  DATE  AND
   41  TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE CAMERA WHICH
   42  RECORDED THE VIOLATION OR OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER.
   43    3.  THE  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION ADVISING THE
   44  PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND THE TIME IN WHICH HE OR SHE MAY CONTEST
   45  THE LIABILITY ALLEGED IN THE NOTICE. SUCH NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL ALSO
   46  CONTAIN A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSONS CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO  CONTEST
   47  IN  THE MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABIL-
   48  ITY AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON.
   49    4. THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY SHALL BE PREPARED AND MAILED BY THE CITY OF
   50  MT. VERNON, OR BY ANY OTHER ENTITY AUTHORIZED BY SUCH  CITY  TO  PREPARE
   51  AND MAIL SUCH NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION.
   52    (H)  ADJUDICATION OF THE LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION
   53  SHALL BE BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION
   54  THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR, IF THERE BE NONE,
   55  BY  THE  COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, EXCEPT THAT
   56  IF SUCH CITY HAS ESTABLISHED AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  TO  HEAR  AND
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    1  DETERMINE COMPLAINTS OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS CONSTITUTING PARKING, STAND-
    2  ING  OR  STOPPING VIOLATIONS SUCH CITY MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, AUTHORIZE SUCH
    3  ADJUDICATION BY SUCH TRIBUNAL.
    4    (I)  IF  AN  OWNER  RECEIVES  A  NOTICE  OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS
    5  SECTION FOR ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO THE
    6  POLICE DEPARTMENT AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN, IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE  TO
    7  AN ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
    8  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE
    9  VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AS STOLEN PRIOR TO THE TIME  THE
   10  VIOLATION OCCURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR PURPOSES
   11  OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT SHALL BE SUFFI-
   12  CIENT  THAT  A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN VEHICLE
   13  BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  THE  TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU,  COURT
   14  HAVING JURISDICTION OR PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   15    (J)  1.  IN SUCH CITY WHERE THE ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON
   16  OWNERS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS BY A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU  OR  A
   17  COURT  HAVING  JURISDICTION,  AN  OWNER  WHO IS A LESSOR OF A VEHICLE TO
   18  WHICH A NOTICE OF LIABILITY WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  (G)  OF
   19  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
   20  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE
   21  SENDS TO THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU OR COURT  HAVING  JURISDICTION  A
   22  COPY  OF THE RENTAL, LEASE OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENT COVERING SUCH
   23  VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF THE VIOLATION, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS  OF  THE
   24  LESSEE  CLEARLY LEGIBLE, WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE
   25  FROM THE BUREAU OR COURT OF THE DATE AND TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION, TOGETH-
   26  ER WITH THE OTHER  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THE  ORIGINAL  NOTICE  OF
   27  LIABILITY. FAILURE TO SEND SUCH INFORMATION WITHIN SUCH THIRTY-SEVEN DAY
   28  TIME  PERIOD SHALL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED BY
   29  THIS SECTION. WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
   30  PARAGRAPH,  THE  LESSEE  OF  SUCH  VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION
   31  SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
   32  SECTION,  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
   33  (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   34  SECTION  AND SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
   35  (G) OF THIS SECTION.
   36    2. (I) IN SUCH CITY WHICH, BY LOCAL LAW, HAS  AUTHORIZED  THE  ADJUDI-
   37  CATION  OF  LIABILITY  IMPOSED  UPON OWNERS BY THIS SECTION BY A PARKING
   38  VIOLATIONS BUREAU, AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF  A  VEHICLE  TO  WHICH  A
   39  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY  WAS  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS
   40  SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF
   41  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT:
   42    (A)  PRIOR  TO  THE VIOLATION, THE LESSOR HAS FILED WITH THE BUREAU IN
   43  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE  OF
   44  THIS CHAPTER; AND
   45    (B) WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE BUREAU OF
   46  THE  DATE  AND  TIME OF A LIABILITY, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION
   47  CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY, THE LESSOR SUBMITS TO THE
   48  BUREAU THE CORRECT NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE OF THE VEHICLE IDENTI-
   49  FIED IN THE NOTICE OF LIABILITY AT THE TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION,  TOGETHER
   50  WITH SUCH OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RENTAL, LEASE OR
   51  OTHER  CONTRACT  DOCUMENT,  AS  MAY BE REASONABLY REQUIRED BY THE BUREAU
   52  PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS THAT MAY BE PROMULGATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
   53    (II) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CLAUSE (B) OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF  THIS
   54  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  RENDER  THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED IN
   55  THIS SECTION.
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    1    (III) WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
    2  THE LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED
    3  TO BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  SHALL  BE
    4  SUBJECT  TO  LIABILITY  FOR  SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND
    5  SHALL  BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS
    6  SECTION.
    7    (K) 1. IF THE OWNER LIABLE FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF
    8  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
    9  WAS NOT THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF  THE  VIOLATION,  THE
   10  OWNER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST THE OPERATOR.
   11    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF A
   12  VEHICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A MONETARY FINE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   13  SECTION IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE WITH-
   14  OUT  THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR FAILED TO OBEY A
   15  TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THERE SHALL
   16  BE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE  WAS  OPERATING  SUCH
   17  VEHICLE  WITH  THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR FAILED
   18  TO OBEY A TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATION.
   19    (L) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE  LIABILITY
   20  OF  AN  OPERATOR  OF  A  VEHICLE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF
   21  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   22    (M) IN ANY SUCH CITY WHICH ADOPTS A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO
   23  SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, SUCH CITY SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT
   24  ON   THE   RESULTS   OF  THE  USE  OF  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO
   25  VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF
   26  THE  SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO
   27  THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND ON THE SAME DATE IN EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR  IN  WHICH
   28  THE  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  IS OPERABLE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
   29  NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   30    1. A DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PHOTO
   31  VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEMS WERE USED;
   32    2.  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT
   33  INTERSECTIONS WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
   34  SYSTEM  IS  USED FOR THE YEAR PRECEDING THE INSTALLATION OF SUCH SYSTEM,
   35  TO THE EXTENT THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR
   36  VEHICLES OF THIS STATE;
   37    3.  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER, TYPE AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT
   38  INTERSECTIONS WHERE A TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO  VIOLATION-MONITORING
   39  SYSTEM  IS  USED,  TO  THE  EXTENT  THE INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE
   40  DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS STATE;
   41    4. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS RECORDED  AT  EACH  INTERSECTION  WHERE  A
   42  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION-MONITORING SYSTEM IS USED AND IN
   43  THE AGGREGATE ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS;
   44    5. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES  OF  LIABILITY  ISSUED  FOR  VIOLATIONS
   45  RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   46    6.  THE  NUMBER  OF  FINES  AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES PAID AFTER FIRST
   47  NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   48    7. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ADJUDICATED AND RESULTS  OF  SUCH  ADJUDI-
   49  CATIONS   INCLUDING  BREAKDOWNS  OF  DISPOSITIONS  MADE  FOR  VIOLATIONS
   50  RECORDED BY SUCH SYSTEMS;
   51    8. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE REALIZED BY SUCH CITY FROM SUCH ADJUDI-
   52  CATIONS;
   53    9. EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM; AND
   54    10. QUALITY OF THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS AND ITS RESULTS.
   55    (N) IT SHALL BE A DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDI-
   56  VISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT  TO
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    1  A  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT SUCH
    2  TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS WERE  MALFUNCTIONING  AT  THE  TIME  OF  THE
    3  ALLEGED VIOLATION.
    4    S  10.  The  opening  paragraph  and paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
    5  section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 11 of
    6  chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
    7    Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of  this
    8  state  result  in  a  conviction  for an offense under this chapter or a
    9  traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
   10  or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter, other than a traffic
   11  infraction involving standing, stopping, or  parking  or  violations  by
   12  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication of liability of
   13  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
   14  eleven of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
   15  eleven-a  of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of
   16  an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
   17  eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
   18  eleven-b of this chapter, or other than an  adjudication  in  accordance
   19  with  section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a violation of
   20  a bus lane restriction as defined in such  section,  OR  OTHER  THAN  AN
   21  ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D)
   22  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   23  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or other than an  adju-
   24  dication  of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b),
   25  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in
   26  accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this  chapter,  there
   27  shall be levied a crime victim assistance fee and a mandatory surcharge,
   28  in  addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in accordance
   29  with the following schedule:
   30    (c) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a  court  of
   31  this  state  result  in  a  conviction for an offense under this chapter
   32  other than a crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this
   33  chapter, or a traffic infraction under this chapter,  or  a  local  law,
   34  ordinance,  rule  or  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, other
   35  than a traffic infraction involving standing, stopping,  or  parking  or
   36  violations  by  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication
   37  of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
   38  eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
   39  hundred eleven-a of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  of
   40  liability  of  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section
   41  eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
   42  hundred  eleven-b  of  this  chapter,  OR  OTHER THAN AN ADJUDICATION OF
   43  LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION  (D)  OF  SECTION
   44  ELEVEN  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN
   45  HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or other than an  infraction  pursuant
   46  to article nine of this chapter or other than an adjudication of liabil-
   47  ity  of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations pursuant
   48  to section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public  authori-
   49  ties law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven
   50  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty or other than
   51  an  adjudication  in  accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of
   52  this chapter for a violation of a bus lane  restriction  as  defined  in
   53  such section, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
   54  a  violation  of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
   55  hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
   56  eighty-b of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime  victim  assist-
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    1  ance  fee  in  the  amount of five dollars and a mandatory surcharge, in
    2  addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the amount  of
    3  fifty-five dollars.
    4    S  10-a. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
    5  as amended by section 11-a of chapter  189  of  the  laws  of  2013,  is
    6  amended to read as follows:
    7    1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
    8  this state result in a conviction for a crime under this  chapter  or  a
    9  traffic  infraction  under this chapter, or a local law, ordinance, rule
   10  or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter,  other  than  a  traffic
   11  infraction involving standing, stopping, parking or motor vehicle equip-
   12  ment  or violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adju-
   13  dication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of
   14  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
   15  eleven  hundred  eleven-a of this chapter, or other than an adjudication
   16  of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
   17  eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
   18  hundred eleven-b of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  in
   19  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a
   20  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined  in  such  section,    OR
   21  OTHER  THAN  AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF
   22  SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  IN
   23  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or
   24  other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
   25  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
   26  of this chapter in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of
   27  this  chapter,  there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge, in addition
   28  to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the amount  of  twenty-
   29  five dollars.
   30    S  10-b. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
   31  as amended by section 11-b of chapter  189  of  the  laws  of  2013,  is
   32  amended to read as follows:
   33    1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
   34  this state result in a conviction for a crime under this  chapter  or  a
   35  traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
   36  involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
   37  violations  by  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication
   38  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a
   39  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in such section, OR OTHER
   40  THAN AN ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF  SUBDI-
   41  VISION  (D)  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORD-
   42  ANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, or other than
   43  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision
   44  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
   45  ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter,
   46  there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence
   47  required or permitted by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
   48    S 10-c. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic  law,
   49  as  amended  by  section  11-c  of  chapter  189 of the laws of 2013, is
   50  amended to read as follows:
   51    1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
   52  this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
   53  traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
   54  involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
   55  violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than  an  adjudication
   56  of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d),
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    1  (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter  in  accord-
    2  ance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, OR OTHER THAN
    3  AN  ADJUDICATION OF LIABILITY OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
    4  (D)  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH
    5  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, there shall be levied a
    6  mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence required  or  permitted
    7  by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
    8    S 10-d.  Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,
    9  as  separately  amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 1983 and chapter 62
   10  of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   11    1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
   12  this  state  result  in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
   13  traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
   14  involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
   15  violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, OR OTHER THAN  AN  ADJUDICATION
   16  OF  LIABILITY  OF AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION
   17  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION  ELEVEN
   18  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-D  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  there shall be levied a mandatory
   19  surcharge, in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law,  in
   20  the amount of seventeen dollars.
   21    S  11.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle
   22  and traffic law, as amended by section 12-a of chapter 189 of  the  laws
   23  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   24    a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in
   25  a  court  or  an  administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result in a
   26  conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu-
   27  ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf-
   28  fic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule  or
   29  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except a traffic infraction
   30  involving standing, stopping, or parking or violations by pedestrians or
   31  bicyclists,  and  except  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a
   32  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
   33  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chap-
   34  ter  OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   35  TER, and except an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation
   36  of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this  chapter  in
   37  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred eleven-b of this chapter, and
   38  except  an  adjudication  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
   39  eleven-c  of  this  chapter  of a violation of a bus lane restriction as
   40  defined in such section, and [expect] EXCEPT an adjudication of  liabil-
   41  ity of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)
   42  of  section  eleven  hundred  eighty  of this chapter in accordance with
   43  section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter, and except  an  adjudi-
   44  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of toll collection regu-
   45  lations pursuant to section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the
   46  public authorities law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of
   47  chapter  seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred
   48  fifty, there shall be levied in addition to  any  sentence,  penalty  or
   49  other surcharge required or permitted by law, an additional surcharge of
   50  twenty-eight dollars.
   51    S  11-a. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle
   52  and traffic law, as amended by section 12-b of chapter 189 of  the  laws
   53  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   54    a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in
   55  a  court  or  an  administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result in a
   56  conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu-
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    1  ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf-
    2  fic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule  or
    3  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except a traffic infraction
    4  involving standing, stopping, or parking or violations by pedestrians or
    5  bicyclists,  and  except  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a
    6  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
    7  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chap-
    8  ter  OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
    9  TER, and except  an  adjudication  in  accordance  with  section  eleven
   10  hundred  eleven-c  of  this  chapter  of  a  violation  of  a  bus  lane
   11  restriction as defined in such section, and except  an  adjudication  of
   12  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f)
   13  or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this  chapter  in  accordance
   14  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b  of this chapter, and except an
   15  adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of toll collection
   16  regulations pursuant to section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of
   17  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,  sixteen-b   and
   18  sixteen-c  of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen
   19  hundred fifty, there shall be levied in addition to any sentence, penal-
   20  ty or other surcharge  required  or  permitted  by  law,  an  additional
   21  surcharge of twenty-eight dollars.
   22    S  11-b. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle
   23  and traffic law, as amended by section 12-c of chapter 189 of  the  laws
   24  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   25    a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in
   26  a  court  or  an  administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result in a
   27  conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu-
   28  ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf-
   29  fic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule  or
   30  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except a traffic infraction
   31  involving standing, stopping, or parking or violations by pedestrians or
   32  bicyclists,  and  except  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a
   33  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
   34  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chap-
   35  ter  OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
   36  TER, and except an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation
   37  of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f)  or  (g)  of  section  eleven  hundred
   38  eighty  of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eight-
   39  y-b of this chapter, and except an adjudication of liability of an owner
   40  for a violation of toll collection regulations pursuant to  section  two
   41  thousand  nine  hundred  eighty-five  of  the  public authorities law or
   42  sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c  of  chapter  seven  hundred
   43  seventy-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred fifty, there shall be
   44  levied in addition to any sentence, penalty or other surcharge  required
   45  or permitted by law, an additional surcharge of twenty-eight dollars.
   46    S  11-c. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle
   47  and traffic law, as amended by section 5 of part C of chapter 55 of  the
   48  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   49    a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in
   50  a  court  or  an  administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result in a
   51  conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu-
   52  ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf-
   53  fic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule  or
   54  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except a traffic infraction
   55  involving standing, stopping, or parking or violations by pedestrians or
   56  bicyclists,  and  except  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a
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    1  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
    2  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chap-
    3  ter  OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAP-
    4  TER, and except an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation
    5  of  toll  collection  regulations  pursuant to section two thousand nine
    6  hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law or sections sixteen-a,
    7  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
    8  laws of nineteen hundred fifty, there shall be levied in addition to any
    9  sentence,  penalty  or  other surcharge required or permitted by law, an
   10  additional surcharge of twenty-eight dollars.
   11    S 12. Subdivision 1 of section 371 of the general  municipal  law,  as
   12  separately  amended by sections 20 of chapters 20 and 383 of the laws of
   13  2009, is amended to read as follows:
   14    1. A traffic violations bureau so established  may  be  authorized  to
   15  dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
   16  when  such offenses shall not constitute the traffic infraction known as
   17  speeding or a misdemeanor or felony, and, if authorized by local law  or
   18  ordinance,  to  adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners for violations of
   19  subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  the  vehicle  and
   20  traffic  law  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of such
   21  law or section eleven hundred eleven-b of such law [as added by  section
   22  sixteen  of  the  chapter  of the laws of two thousand nine] AS ADDED BY
   23  SECTIONS SIXTEEN OF CHAPTERS TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-TWO  OF  THE
   24  LAWS  OF  TWO THOUSAND NINE which amended this [section] subdivision, OR
   25  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF SUCH LAW.
   26    S 12-a. Section 371  of  the  general  municipal  law,  as  separately
   27  amended  by  sections  21 of chapters 20 and 383 of the laws of 2009, is
   28  amended to read as follows:
   29    S 371. Jurisdiction and procedure.  A  traffic  violations  bureau  so
   30  established  may be authorized to dispose of violations of traffic laws,
   31  ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses shall  not  consti-
   32  tute  the traffic infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or felo-
   33  ny, and, if authorized by local law  or  ordinance,  to  adjudicate  the
   34  liability  of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven
   35  hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law in accordance with section
   36  eleven hundred eleven-b of such  law  as  added  by  [section]  SECTIONS
   37  sixteen  of [the chapter] CHAPTERS TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-TWO of
   38  the laws of two thousand nine which  amended  this  section  OR  SECTION
   39  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF SUCH LAW, by permitting a person charged with
   40  an  offense  within  the  limitations herein stated, to answer, within a
   41  specified time, at the traffic violations bureau, either in person or by
   42  written power of attorney in such form as may be prescribed in the ordi-
   43  nance creating the bureau, by paying a prescribed fine and, in  writing,
   44  waiving  a  hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge or admitting
   45  liability as an owner for the violation of subdivision  (d)  of  section
   46  eleven  hundred  eleven  of the vehicle and traffic law, as the case may
   47  be, and authorizing the person in charge of the bureau to  make  such  a
   48  plea  or  admission  and  pay  such  a  fine in court. Acceptance of the
   49  prescribed fine and power of attorney by  the  bureau  shall  be  deemed
   50  complete  satisfaction  for  the  violation or of the liability, and the
   51  violator or owner liable for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
   52  eleven  hundred  eleven  of the vehicle and traffic law shall be given a
   53  receipt which so states. If a person charged with  a  traffic  violation
   54  does  not  answer  as hereinbefore prescribed, within a designated time,
   55  the bureau shall cause a complaint to be  entered  against  him  or  her
   56  forthwith  and  a warrant to be issued for his or her arrest and appear-
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    1  ance before the court. Any  person  who  shall  have  been,  within  the
    2  preceding  twelve  months,  guilty  of a number of parking violations in
    3  excess of such maximum number as may be designated by the court,  or  of
    4  three  or  more  violations  other than parking violations, shall not be
    5  permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent violation at the  traffic
    6  violations  bureau,  but must appear in court at a time specified by the
    7  bureau. Such traffic  violations  bureau  shall  not  be  authorized  to
    8  deprive a person of his or her right to counsel or to prevent him or her
    9  from  exercising  his  or  her  right  to  appear in court to answer to,
   10  explain, or defend any charge of a violation of any traffic  law,  ordi-
   11  nance, rule or regulation.
   12    S  12-b. Section 371 of the general municipal law, as amended by chap-
   13  ter 802 of the laws of 1949, is amended to read as follows:
   14    S 371. Jurisdiction and procedure.  A  traffic  violations  bureau  so
   15  established  may be authorized to dispose of violations of traffic laws,
   16  ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses shall  not  consti-
   17  tute  the traffic infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or felo-
   18  ny, AND, IF AUTHORIZED BY LOCAL LAW  OR  ORDINANCE,  TO  ADJUDICATE  THE
   19  LIABILITY  OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN
   20  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   21  ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, by permitting  a
   22  person  charged with an offense within the limitations herein stated, to
   23  answer, within a specified  time,  at  the  traffic  violations  bureau,
   24  either  in person or by written power of attorney in such form as may be
   25  prescribed in the ordinance creating the bureau, by paying a  prescribed
   26  fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the
   27  charge  OR ADMITTING LIABILITY AS AN OWNER FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUBDIVI-
   28  SION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
   29  LAW,  AS  THE  CASE  MAY BE, and authorizing the person in charge of the
   30  bureau to make such a plea OR ADMISSION and pay such a  fine  in  court.
   31  Acceptance  of  the  prescribed fine and power of attorney by the bureau
   32  shall be deemed complete  satisfaction  for  the  violation  OR  OF  THE
   33  LIABILITY,  and the violator OR OWNER LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVI-
   34  SION (D) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
   35  shall be given a receipt which so states. If a  person  charged  with  a
   36  traffic  violation  does not answer as hereinbefore prescribed, within a
   37  designated time, the bureau  shall  cause  a  complaint  to  be  entered
   38  against  him  OR HER forthwith and a warrant to be issued for his OR HER
   39  arrest and appearance before the court. Any person who shall have  been,
   40  within  the  preceding  twelve  months,  guilty  of  a number of parking
   41  violations in excess of such maximum number as may be designated by  the
   42  court,  or  of  three  or more violations other than parking violations,
   43  shall not be permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent violation at
   44  the traffic violations bureau, but must appear in court at a time speci-
   45  fied by the bureau. Such traffic violations bureau shall not be  author-
   46  ized  to  deprive  a person of his OR HER right to counsel or to prevent
   47  him OR HER from exercising his OR HER right to appear in court to answer
   48  to, explain, or defend any charge of a violation  of  any  traffic  law,
   49  ordinance, rule or regulation.
   50    S  13.  Subdivision  2  of  section  87  of the public officers law is
   51  amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   52    (N) ARE PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE  OR  OTHER  RECORDED
   53  IMAGES  PREPARED  UNDER  AUTHORITY OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF
   54  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   55    S 14. The purchase or lease of equipment for a  demonstration  program
   56  established  pursuant  to  section 1111-d of the vehicle and traffic law
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    1  shall be subject to the provisions of section 103 of the general munici-
    2  pal law.
    3    S  15.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law and shall expire 5 years  after  such  effective  date
    5  when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed;
    6  and  provided further that any rules necessary for the implementation of
    7  this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on  or  before  such
    8  effective date, provided that:
    9    (a)  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 235 of the vehicle and
   10  traffic law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expira-
   11  tion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire  therewith,  when
   12  upon  such  date  the provisions of section one-a of this act shall take
   13  effect;
   14    (b) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law  made
   15  by  section  one-a  of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such
   16  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
   17  provisions of section one-b of this act shall take effect;
   18    (c) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law  made
   19  by  section  one-b  of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such
   20  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
   21  provisions of section one-c of this act shall take effect;
   22    (d) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law  made
   23  by  section  one-c  of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such
   24  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
   25  provisions of section one-d of this act shall take effect;
   26    (e) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law  made
   27  by  section  one-d  of  this act shall not affect the expiration of such
   28  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
   29  provisions of section one-e of this act shall take effect;
   30    (f) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle  and
   31  traffic law made by section two of this act shall not affect the expira-
   32  tion  of  such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
   33  upon such date the provisions of section two-a of this  act  shall  take
   34  effect;
   35    (g)  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and
   36  traffic law made by section two-a of this act shall not affect the expi-
   37  ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
   38  upon such date the provisions of section two-b of this  act  shall  take
   39  effect;
   40    (h)  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and
   41  traffic law made by section two-b of this act shall not affect the expi-
   42  ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
   43  upon such date the provisions of section two-c of this  act  shall  take
   44  effect;
   45    (i)  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and
   46  traffic law made by section two-c of this act shall not affect the expi-
   47  ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when
   48  upon such date the provisions of section two-d of this  act  shall  take
   49  effect;
   50    (j)  the  amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of
   51  the vehicle and traffic law made by section four of this act  shall  not
   52  affect  the  expiration  of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire
   53  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section four-a of  this
   54  act shall take effect;
   55    (k)  the  amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of
   56  the vehicle and traffic law made by section four-a of this act shall not
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    1  affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be  deemed  to  expire
    2  therewith,  when upon such date the provisions of section four-b of this
    3  act shall take effect;
    4    (l)  the  amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of
    5  the vehicle and traffic law made by section four-b of this act shall not
    6  affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be  deemed  to  expire
    7  therewith,  when upon such date the provisions of section four-c of this
    8  act shall take effect;
    9    (m) the amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section  239  of
   10  the vehicle and traffic law made by section four-c of this act shall not
   11  affect  the  expiration  of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire
   12  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section four-d of  this
   13  act shall take effect;
   14    (n)  the  amendments  to  subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the
   15  vehicle and traffic law made by section  five  of  this  act  shall  not
   16  affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire
   17  therewith,  when upon such date the provisions of section five-a of this
   18  act shall take effect;
   19    (o) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 1-a of  section  240  of  the
   20  vehicle  and  traffic  law  made by section five-a of this act shall not
   21  affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire
   22  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section five-b of  this
   23  act shall take effect;
   24    (p)  the  amendments  to  subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the
   25  vehicle and traffic law made by section five-b of  this  act  shall  not
   26  affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire
   27  therewith,  when upon such date the provisions of section five-c of this
   28  act shall take effect;
   29    (q) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 1-a of  section  240  of  the
   30  vehicle  and  traffic  law  made by section five-c of this act shall not
   31  affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire
   32  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section five-d of  this
   33  act shall take effect;
   34    (r)  the  amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section
   35  240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section six of this act shall
   36  not affect the expiration of such paragraphs  and  shall  be  deemed  to
   37  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-a of
   38  this act shall take effect;
   39    (s)  the  amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section
   40  240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section  six-a  of  this  act
   41  shall  not  affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed
   42  to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-b
   43  of this act shall take effect;
   44    (t) the amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2  of  section
   45  240  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law made by section six-b of this act
   46  shall not affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall  be  deemed
   47  to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-c
   48  of this act shall take effect;
   49    (u)  the  amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section
   50  240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section  six-c  of  this  act
   51  shall  not  affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed
   52  to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-d
   53  of this act shall take effect;
   54    (v) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi-
   55  cle and traffic law made by section seven of this act shall  not  affect
   56  the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
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    1  with,  when upon such date the provisions of section seven-a of this act
    2  shall take effect;
    3    (w) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi-
    4  cle and traffic law made by section seven-a of this act shall not affect
    5  the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
    6  with,  when upon such date the provisions of section seven-b of this act
    7  shall take effect;
    8    (x) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi-
    9  cle and traffic law made by section seven-b of this act shall not affect
   10  the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
   11  with, when upon such date the provisions of section seven-c of this  act
   12  shall take effect;
   13    (y) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi-
   14  cle and traffic law made by section seven-c of this act shall not affect
   15  the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
   16  with,  when upon such date the provisions of section seven-d of this act
   17  shall take effect;
   18    (z) the amendments to subparagraph (i) of paragraph a  of  subdivision
   19  5-a  of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eight
   20  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and  shall
   21  be  deemed  to  expire  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of
   22  section eight-a of this act shall take effect;
   23    (aa) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of  section  401
   24  of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eight-a of this act shall
   25  not  affect  the  expiration  of  such  paragraph and shall be deemed to
   26  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section  eight-b
   27  of this act shall take effect;
   28    (bb)  the  amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401
   29  of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eight-b of this act shall
   30  not affect the expiration of such  paragraph  and  shall  be  deemed  to
   31  expire  therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section eight-c
   32  of this act shall take effect;
   33    (cc) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of  section  401
   34  of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eight-c of this act shall
   35  not  affect  the  expiration  of  such  paragraph and shall be deemed to
   36  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section  eight-d
   37  of this act shall take effect;
   38    (dd)  the  amendments  to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle
   39  and traffic law made by section ten of this act  shall  not  affect  the
   40  expiration  of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith,
   41  when upon such date the provisions of section ten-a of  this  act  shall
   42  take effect;
   43    (ee)  the  amendments  to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle
   44  and traffic law made by section ten-a of this act shall not  affect  the
   45  expiration  of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith,
   46  when upon such date the provisions of section ten-b of  this  act  shall
   47  take effect;
   48    (ff)  the  amendments  to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle
   49  and traffic law made by section ten-b of this act shall not  affect  the
   50  expiration  of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith,
   51  when upon such date the provisions of section ten-c of  this  act  shall
   52  take effect;
   53    (gg)  the  amendments  to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle
   54  and traffic law made by section ten-c of this act shall not  affect  the
   55  expiration  of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith,
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    1  when upon such date the provisions of section ten-d of  this  act  shall
    2  take effect;
    3    (hh)  the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e
    4  of the vehicle and traffic law made by section eleven of this act  shall
    5  not  affect  the  expiration  of  such  paragraph and shall be deemed to
    6  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-a
    7  of this act shall take effect;
    8    (ii) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section  1809-e
    9  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law made by section eleven-a of this act
   10  shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to
   11  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-b
   12  of this act shall take effect;
   13    (jj) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section  1809-e
   14  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law made by section eleven-b of this act
   15  shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to
   16  expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-c
   17  of this act shall take effect;
   18    (kk) the amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 371 of the gener-
   19  al municipal law made by section twelve of this act shall not affect the
   20  expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire  therewith,
   21  when upon such date the provisions of section twelve-a of this act shall
   22  take effect; and
   23    (ll)  the  amendments made to section 371 of the general municipal law
   24  by section twelve-a of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
   25  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the
   26  provisions of section twelve-b of this act shall take effect.
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