Bill Text: NY S08137 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the adjudication of certain traffic infractions involving the use of photo monitoring devices; authorizes adjudication of traffic control signal indications in the village of Pelham Manor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-27 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08137 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08137-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8137

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 27, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and  the  general  municipal
          law,  in relation to certain traffic infractions and repealing certain
          provisions of such laws relating thereto; and to amend the vehicle and
          traffic law, in relation to adjudications and owner  liability  for  a
          violation  of  traffic-control  signal  indications  in the village of
          Pelham Manor; and providing for the repeal of certain 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. Section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED  and
     2  a new section 235 is added to read as follows:
     3    §  235. Jurisdiction. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
     4  any general, special or local law or administrative code to the  contra-
     5  ry, in any city which heretofore or hereafter is authorized to establish
     6  an  administrative  tribunal to hear and determine complaints of traffic
     7  infractions constituting parking, standing or  stopping  violations,  or
     8  authorized  to  adjudicate  the  liability  of  owners for violations of
     9  subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter  in
    10  accordance  with a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on
    11  the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with
    12  traffic-control indications through the installation of  traffic-control
    13  signal  photo  violation-monitoring  devices pursuant to article twenty-
    14  four of this chapter, or  authorized  to  adjudicate  the  liability  of
    15  owners  for  violations of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter
    16  in accordance with local laws imposing liability on owners  for  failure
    17  of  an  operator  to  comply  with  certain  posted maximum speed limits
    18  through the installation of photo  speed  violation  monitoring  systems
    19  pursuant  to article thirty of this chapter, or authorized to adjudicate
    20  liability of owners for violations of bus lane restrictions  in  accord-
    21  ance  with local laws imposing liability on owners for failure of opera-
    22  tors to comply with such restrictions through the use of  photo  devices
    23  pursuant  to article twenty-four of this chapter, or authorized to adju-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16039-01-0

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     1  dicate the liability of owners for violations of toll  collection  regu-
     2  lations  by  an  operator  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance with the
     3  provisions of section two  thousand  nine  hundred  eighty-five  of  the
     4  public  authorities  law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c
     5  of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred
     6  fifty,  or  authorized to adjudicate the liability of owners for failure
     7  of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal  and
     8  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
     9  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
    10  five  of  this chapter in accordance with provisions of law specifically
    11  authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehi-
    12  cle through the installation of  school  bus  photo  monitoring  systems
    13  pursuant  to  article twenty-nine of this chapter, such tribunal and the
    14  rules  and  regulations  pertaining  thereto  shall  be  constituted  in
    15  substantial conformance with the following sections.
    16    2.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special
    17  or local law or administrative code to the contrary,  any  city  with  a
    18  population  in  excess  of one hundred thousand persons according to the
    19  nineteen hundred eighty United States census hereinafter referred to  as
    20  a  city shall provide notice of parking violations and of the imposition
    21  of additional penalties whenever the person who is liable therefor fails
    22  to respond to the parking ticket in the manner designated thereon.  Such
    23  notice  shall  be  in  substantial  conformance   with   the   following
    24  provisions:
    25    a.  Notice.  (1)  Whenever  a  city issues a notice of violation for a
    26  parking violation, it shall be served in the manner prescribed by subdi-
    27  vision two of section two hundred thirty-eight of this article.
    28    (2) Whenever a person has been issued a  notice  of  violation  for  a
    29  parking  violation  and has not responded in the manner described in the
    30  notice, a city shall give the owner a second notice of the violation  by
    31  regular first class mail: (i) within forty days of issuance of the first
    32  notice of violation for a parking violation where the vehicle is a vehi-
    33  cle  registered  in this state; or (ii) within forty days of the receipt
    34  by such city of the name and address of the owner of the  vehicle  where
    35  the  vehicle  is  a  vehicle registered in any other state.  Such second
    36  notice shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
    37    (A) that the owner has a period of twenty days from  issuance  of  the
    38  second notice in which to respond to the notice of violation for a park-
    39  ing violation;
    40    (B)  that  failure to respond to the notice of violation for a parking
    41  violation may result in the suspension and non-renewal  of  the  owner's
    42  registration;
    43    (C)  that  failure to respond to the notice of violation for a parking
    44  violation may subject the owner to additional penalties as  provided  in
    45  paragraph b of this subdivision;
    46    (D)  that  failure to respond to the notice of violation for a parking
    47  violation shall subject the owner to a default judgment as  provided  in
    48  paragraph  c  of  this  subdivision and the additional penalties imposed
    49  upon parking violations pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision; and
    50    (E) that submission of a plea of guilty to the parking violation makes
    51  the owner liable for payment of the stated fine and additional penalties
    52  imposed pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision  and  the  mandatory
    53  surcharge of fifteen dollars imposed upon parking violations pursuant to
    54  section eighteen hundred nine-a of this chapter.
    55    b.  Additional penalties. (1) For the purposes of this paragraph, each
    56  locality shall determine an initial response date of not less than eight

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     1  days nor more than thirty days,  after  which  time  a  penalty  may  be
     2  imposed.  The  liability  for such initial penalty shall commence on the
     3  date following the initial response date.
     4    (2)  Failure  to  respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for a parking
     5  violation by the initial response date may result in the liability for a
     6  penalty in an amount of the fine indicated on the  notice  of  violation
     7  for a parking violation; where a city has given a second notice pursuant
     8  to paragraph a of this subdivision, the following schedule of additional
     9  penalties may apply:
    10    (A)  failure  to  respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for a parking
    11  violation by the initial response date may result in the  liability  for
    12  an additional penalty not to exceed ten dollars or, if the first penalty
    13  assessed by a city does not exceed five dollars, such city may assess an
    14  additional  penalty within thirty-one to seventy-five days not to exceed
    15  ten dollars; and
    16    (B) where a city has given a second notice pursuant to paragraph a  of
    17  this subdivision failure to respond to a notice of violation for a park-
    18  ing  violation  within  seventy-five  days  may result in the liability,
    19  commencing on the seventy-sixth day, for an additional  penalty  not  to
    20  exceed twenty dollars.
    21    (3)  Where  the  additional penalty schedule set forth in subparagraph
    22  two of this paragraph, as interpreted in 9 New York Code  of  Rules  and
    23  Regulations  Part 6180, has not been implemented by a city and is not in
    24  effect in such city on or before January first, nineteen  hundred  nine-
    25  ty-three,  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph shall not apply. For the
    26  purposes of this subdivision, the provisions of this paragraph shall not
    27  be considered to have been implemented and in effect unless the  penalty
    28  schedule  contained herein shall have been applied to parking violations
    29  issued in such city on or before January first, nineteen  hundred  nine-
    30  ty-three.
    31    b-1.  Alternate  additional penalty schedule. In any city in which the
    32  schedule of penalties contained in subparagraph two of  paragraph  b  of
    33  this  subdivision,  as interpreted in 9 New York Code of Rules and Regu-
    34  lations Part 6180, has not been implemented and was not in effect on  or
    35  before  January  first, nineteen hundred ninety-three, the provisions of
    36  this paragraph shall only apply upon enactment of a local law containing
    37  the penalty schedule provided in this paragraph prior to July 28,  1991.
    38  Following  the  enactment  of  such  a local law, such city may elect to
    39  impose the additional penalties set forth in subparagraphs one  and  two
    40  of  this paragraph for failure to respond to a notice of violation for a
    41  parking violation in accordance with this paragraph. In the  event  that
    42  no  such  local  law  was  enacted prior to July 28, 1991, the alternate
    43  additional penalty schedule set forth in paragraph b-2 of this  subdivi-
    44  sion shall apply.
    45    (1)  Failure  to  respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for a parking
    46  violation within thirty days shall result in  liability,  commencing  on
    47  the  thirty-first  day,  for  an  additional penalty in an amount not to
    48  exceed ten dollars, indicated on the notice of violation for  a  parking
    49  violation:  where a city has given a second notice pursuant to paragraph
    50  a of this subdivision failure to respond to a notice of violation for  a
    51  parking  violation  within  forty-five  days  may  result  in liability,
    52  commencing on the forty-sixth day, for the penalty prescribed above  for
    53  failure  to  respond within thirty days and an additional penalty not to
    54  exceed twenty dollars; and where a city has given a second notice pursu-
    55  ant to paragraph a of this subdivision failure to respond to a notice of
    56  violation for a parking violation within seventy-five days may result in

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     1  liability, commencing  on  the  seventy-sixth  day,  for  the  penalties
     2  prescribed above for failure to respond within thirty days and for fail-
     3  ure  to  respond within forty-five days and an additional penalty not to
     4  exceed thirty dollars.
     5    (2)  Notwithstanding  the foregoing schedule of alternative additional
     6  penalties, if an owner makes a plea or appears within twenty days  after
     7  issuance  of a second notice of violation in accordance with paragraph a
     8  of this subdivision, or prior to such mailing, such  additional  penalty
     9  shall not exceed ten dollars.
    10    b-2.  Alternate  additional penalty schedule. In any city in which the
    11  schedule of penalties contained in paragraph b of this  subdivision,  as
    12  interpreted  in  9 New York Code of Rules and Regulations Part 6180, has
    13  not been implemented and was not in effect on or before  January  first,
    14  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three  and  which  has not enacted a local law
    15  pursuant to paragraph b-1 of this subdivision prior to  July  28,  1991,
    16  the following alternate additional penalty schedule shall apply:
    17    (1)  Failure  to  respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for a parking
    18  violation within eight days may result in the liability,  commencing  on
    19  the ninth day, for an additional penalty in an amount not to exceed five
    20  dollars;
    21    (2)  Failure  to  respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for a parking
    22  violation within thirty days may result in the liability, commencing  on
    23  the  thirty-first  day,  for the penalty prescribed above for failure to
    24  respond within eight days and an additional penalty not  to  exceed  ten
    25  dollars  or,  if  the first penalty assessed by the city does not exceed
    26  five dollars, such city may assess an additional penalty within  thirty-
    27  one to seventy-five days not to exceed ten dollars;
    28    (3)  Where a city has given a second notice pursuant to paragraph a of
    29  this subdivision failure to respond to a notice of violation for a park-
    30  ing violation within seventy-five days  may  result  in  the  liability,
    31  commencing  on the seventy-sixth day, for the penalties prescribed above
    32  for failure to respond within eight days  and  for  failure  to  respond
    33  within  thirty  days  and  an  additional  penalty  not to exceed twenty
    34  dollars; and
    35    (4) Notwithstanding the foregoing schedule of alternate penalties,  if
    36  an  owner makes a plea or appears within twenty days after issuance of a
    37  second notice of violation in accordance with paragraph a of this subdi-
    38  vision, or prior to such mailing,  such  additional  penalty  shall  not
    39  exceed five dollars.
    40    c.  Default  judgment. Where a city has given notice pursuant to para-
    41  graph a of this subdivision, failure to respond to a notice of violation
    42  for a parking violation within ninety days shall be deemed an  admission
    43  of  liability  and  shall  subject the owner to a default judgment being
    44  entered thereon in an amount not greater than the amount of the original
    45  fine and accrued penalties plus any applicable surcharges.  Such default
    46  shall be reported to the  department  which  department  shall  cause  a
    47  suspension  and  non-renewal of the owner's registration pursuant to the
    48  provisions of subdivision four-c of section five  hundred  ten  of  this
    49  chapter.
    50    3.  Nothing  set forth in this section shall be construed to grant any
    51  municipality the authority to establish by local law, ordinance,  resol-
    52  ution  or any other means, an administrative tribunal to hear and deter-
    53  mine complaints of traffic infractions or jurisdiction to adjudicate any
    54  liability set forth in subdivision one of this section.
    55    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
    56  REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:

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     1    1.  Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such
     2  tribunal when created shall be known as the  parking  violations  bureau
     3  and  shall  have  jurisdiction of traffic infractions which constitute a
     4  parking violation and, where authorized, to adjudicate the liability  of
     5  owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
     6  en  of this chapter in accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing
     7  monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an  operator
     8  thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installa-
     9  tion of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices pursu-
    10  ant  to article twenty-four of this chapter, or authorized to adjudicate
    11  the liability of owners for violations of section eleven hundred  eighty
    12  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with local laws imposing liability on
    13  owners for failure of an operator to comply with certain posted  maximum
    14  speed  limits through the installation of photo speed violation monitor-
    15  ing systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter, or authorized to
    16  adjudicate liability of owners for violations of bus  lane  restrictions
    17  in  accordance  with local laws imposing liability on owners for failure
    18  of operators to comply with such restrictions through the use  of  photo
    19  devices  pursuant  to article twenty-four of this chapter, or authorized
    20  to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll  collection
    21  regulations  by  an  operator  as  defined in and in accordance with the
    22  provisions of section two  thousand  nine  hundred  eighty-five  of  the
    23  public  authorities  law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c
    24  of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred
    25  fifty,  or  authorized to adjudicate the liability of owners for failure
    26  of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal  and
    27  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
    28  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
    29  five  of  this chapter in accordance with provisions of law specifically
    30  authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehi-
    31  cle through the installation of  school  bus  photo  monitoring  systems
    32  pursuant  to article twenty-nine of this chapter.  Such tribunal, except
    33  in a city with a population of one million  or  more,  shall  also  have
    34  jurisdiction  of  abandoned vehicle violations. For the purposes of this
    35  article, a parking violation is the violation of any law, rule or  regu-
    36  lation  providing for or regulating the parking, stopping or standing of
    37  a vehicle. In addition for  purposes  of  this  article,  "commissioner"
    38  shall  mean  and  include  the commissioner of traffic of the city or an
    39  official possessing authority as such a commissioner.
    40    § 3. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of  the  vehicle  and
    41  traffic  law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new  paragraph f is added to read as
    42  follows:
    43    f. "Notice of violation" means a notice of  violation  as  defined  in
    44  subdivision  nine  of  section two hundred thirty-seven of this article,
    45  but shall not be deemed to include a notice of liability issued pursuant
    46  to authorization under this chapter to impose monetary liability on  the
    47  owner  of  a  vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with
    48  traffic-control indications through the use  of  traffic-control  signal
    49  photo  violation-monitoring  devices  pursuant to article twenty-four of
    50  this chapter; or to comply with certain posted maximum speed  limits  in
    51  violation  of  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the
    52  use of photo speed violation  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to  article
    53  thirty  of this chapter; or to comply with bus lane restrictions through
    54  the use of photo devices pursuant to article twenty-four of  this  chap-
    55  ter;  or to comply with toll collection regulations as defined in and in
    56  accordance with the provisions of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred

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     1  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  and  sections sixteen-a,
     2  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
     3  laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a
     4  red  visual  signal  and  stop-arm  when meeting a school bus marked and
     5  equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of  section
     6  three  hundred  seventy-five of this chapter through the installation of
     7  school bus photo monitoring systems pursuant to article  twenty-nine  of
     8  this chapter.
     9    §  4. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the vehicle and traffic
    10  law are REPEALED and two new subdivisions 1 and 1-a are added to read as
    11  follows:
    12    1. Notice of  hearing.  Whenever  a  person  charged  with  a  parking
    13  violation  enters a plea of not guilty; or a person alleged to be liable
    14  in accordance with any provisions of law  specifically  authorizing  the
    15  imposition  of  monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure
    16  of an operator  thereof:  to  comply  with  traffic-control  indications
    17  through  the  use  of  traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
    18  devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this chapter;  or  to  comply
    19  with  certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of section eleven
    20  hundred eighty of this chapter through the use of photo speed  violation
    21  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to  article thirty of this chapter; or to
    22  comply with bus lane restrictions  through  the  use  of  photo  devices
    23  pursuant  to article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with toll
    24  collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
    25  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
    26  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
    27  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
    28  fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red  visual  signal  and
    29  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
    30  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
    31  five  of this chapter through the installation of school bus photo moni-
    32  toring systems pursuant to article twenty-nine of this chapter, contests
    33  such allegation, the bureau shall advise such person personally by  such
    34  form of first class mail as the director may direct of the date on which
    35  he  or  she must appear to answer the charge at a hearing.  The form and
    36  content of such notice of hearing shall be prescribed by  the  director,
    37  and shall contain a warning to advise the person so pleading or contest-
    38  ing  that failure to appear on the date designated, or on any subsequent
    39  adjourned date, shall be deemed an admission of liability,  and  that  a
    40  default judgment may be entered thereon.
    41    1-a.  Fines  and  penalties.  Whenever  a  plea of not guilty has been
    42  entered, or the bureau has been notified that an allegation of liability
    43  in accordance with provisions of law specifically authorizing the  impo-
    44  sition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
    45  operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications through the
    46  use  of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices pursu-
    47  ant to article twenty-four of this chapter; or to  comply  with  certain
    48  posted  maximum  speed  limits  in  violation  of section eleven hundred
    49  eighty of this chapter through the use of photo speed violation monitor-
    50  ing systems pursuant to article thirty of this  chapter;  or  to  comply
    51  with  bus lane restrictions through the use of photo devices pursuant to
    52  article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with  toll  collection
    53  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance with the provisions of
    54  section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public  authorities
    55  law  and  sections  sixteen-a,  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven
    56  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or  to  stop

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     1  for  a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm when meet-
     2  ing a school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions  twenty
     3  and  twenty-one-c  of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter
     4  through the installation of school bus photo monitoring systems pursuant
     5  to  article twenty-nine of this chapter, is being contested, by a person
     6  in a timely fashion and a hearing upon the merits has been demanded, but
     7  has not yet been held, the bureau shall not issue any notice of fine  or
     8  penalty to that person prior to the date of the hearing.
     9    § 5. Paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 240 of the vehicle
    10  and traffic law are REPEALED and two new paragraphs a and g are added to
    11  read as follows:
    12    a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a charge of parking violation
    13  or  an  allegation  of  liability  for  violations of subdivision (d) of
    14  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with a local
    15  law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of  a  vehicle
    16  for  failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indi-
    17  cations through the installation of traffic-control signal photo  viola-
    18  tion-monitoring devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this chapter,
    19  or  an  allegation of liability for violations of section eleven hundred
    20  eighty of this chapter in accordance with local laws imposing  liability
    21  on owners for failure of an operator to comply with certain posted maxi-
    22  mum speed limits through the installation of photo speed violation moni-
    23  toring systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter, or an allega-
    24  tion  of liability for violations of bus lane restrictions in accordance
    25  with local laws imposing liability on owners for failure of operators to
    26  comply with such restrictions through the use of photo devices  pursuant
    27  to  article  twenty-four  of this chapter, or an allegation of liability
    28  for violations of toll collection regulations by an operator as  defined
    29  in  and  in  accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine
    30  hundred  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law   and   sections
    31  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
    32  of  the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, or an allegation of liability of
    33  owners for failure of an operator to stop for a school bus displaying  a
    34  red  visual  signal  and  stop-arm  when meeting a school bus marked and
    35  equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of  section
    36  three hundred seventy-five of this chapter in accordance with provisions
    37  of  law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on
    38  the owner of a vehicle through the  installation  of  school  bus  photo
    39  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to  article  twenty-nine of this chapter,
    40  shall be held before a hearing examiner in  accordance  with  rules  and
    41  regulations promulgated by the bureau.
    42    g. A record shall be made of a hearing on a plea of not guilty or of a
    43  hearing  at  which  liability  in  accordance with any provisions of law
    44  specifically authorizing the imposition of  monetary  liability  on  the
    45  owner  of  a  vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with
    46  traffic-control indications through the use  of  traffic-control  signal
    47  photo  violation-monitoring  devices  pursuant to article twenty-four of
    48  this chapter; to comply with certain  posted  maximum  speed  limits  in
    49  violation  of  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the
    50  use of photo speed violation  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to  article
    51  thirty  of this chapter; to comply with bus lane restrictions as specif-
    52  ically set forth in local laws establishing  such  restrictions  through
    53  the  use  of photo devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this chap-
    54  ter; to comply with toll collection regulations as  defined  in  and  in
    55  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section two thousand nine hundred
    56  eighty-five of  the  public  authorities  law  and  sections  sixteen-a,

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     1  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the
     2  laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a
     3  red visual signal and stop-arm when meeting  a  school  bus  marked  and
     4  equipped  as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section
     5  three hundred seventy-five of this chapter through the  installation  of
     6  school  bus  photo monitoring systems pursuant to article twenty-nine of
     7  this chapter, is contested.   Recording devices  may  be  used  for  the
     8  making of the record.
     9    §  6.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehicle and traffic
    10  law are REPEALED and two new subdivisions 1 and 2 are added to  read  as
    11  follows:
    12    1.  The  hearing  examiner  shall make a determination on the charges,
    13  either sustaining or dismissing them. Where the hearing examiner  deter-
    14  mines  that the charges have been sustained he or she may examine either
    15  the prior  parking  violations  record  or  the  record  of  liabilities
    16  incurred in accordance with any provisions of law specifically authoriz-
    17  ing  the  imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
    18  failure of an operator thereof: to  comply  with  traffic-control  indi-
    19  cations  through the use of traffic-control signal photo violation-moni-
    20  toring devices pursuant to  article  twenty-four  of  this  chapter;  to
    21  comply  with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of section
    22  eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the  use  of  photo  speed
    23  violation monitoring systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter;
    24  to  comply with bus lane restrictions as specifically set forth in local
    25  laws establishing such restrictions through the  use  of  photo  devices
    26  pursuant  to  article  twenty-four  of this chapter; to comply with toll
    27  collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
    28  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
    29  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
    30  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
    31  fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red  visual  signal  and
    32  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
    33  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
    34  five  of this chapter through the installation of school bus photo moni-
    35  toring systems pursuant to article twenty-nine of this chapter,  of  the
    36  person  charged, as applicable prior to rendering a final determination.
    37  Final determinations sustaining or dismissing charges shall  be  entered
    38  on  a  final  determination  roll maintained by the bureau together with
    39  records showing payment and nonpayment of penalties.
    40    2. Where an operator or owner fails to enter a plea to a charge  of  a
    41  parking  violation  or  contest an allegation of liability in accordance
    42  with any provisions of law specifically authorizing  the  imposition  of
    43  monetary  liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator
    44  thereof: to comply with traffic-control indications through the  use  of
    45  traffic-control  signal  photo  violation-monitoring devices pursuant to
    46  article twenty-four of this chapter; to comply with certain posted maxi-
    47  mum speed limits in violation of section eleven hundred eighty  of  this
    48  chapter  through  the  use  of  photo speed violation monitoring systems
    49  systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter; to comply  with  bus
    50  lane  restrictions  as specifically set forth in local laws establishing
    51  such restrictions through the use of photo devices pursuant  to  article
    52  twenty-four  of this chapter; to comply with toll collection regulations
    53  as defined in and in accordance with the provisions of section two thou-
    54  sand nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections
    55  sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four
    56  of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or  to  stop  for  a  school  bus

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     1  displaying  a  red  visual signal and stop-arm when meeting a school bus
     2  marked and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and  twenty-one-c
     3  of  section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of  this  chapter through the
     4  installation  of school bus photo monitoring systems pursuant to article
     5  twenty-nine of this chapter, or fails to appear on a designated  hearing
     6  date  or  subsequent  adjourned  date or fails after a hearing to comply
     7  with the determination of a hearing  examiner,  as  prescribed  by  this
     8  article or by rule or regulation of the bureau, such failure to plead or
     9  contest,  appear  or comply shall be deemed, for all purposes, an admis-
    10  sion 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,
    17  or  liability  in  accordance  with  any  provisions of law specifically
    18  authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehi-
    19  cle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply  with  traffic-control
    20  indications  through  the use of traffic-control signal photo violation-
    21  monitoring devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this  chapter;  to
    22  comply  with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of section
    23  eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the  use  of  photo  speed
    24  violation monitoring systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter;
    25  to  comply with bus lane restrictions as specifically set forth in local
    26  laws establishing such restrictions through the  use  of  photo  devices
    27  pursuant  to  article  twenty-four  of this chapter; to comply with toll
    28  collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
    29  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
    30  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
    31  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
    32  fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red  visual  signal  and
    33  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
    34  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
    35  five  of this chapter through the installation of school bus photo moni-
    36  toring systems pursuant to article twenty-nine of this chapter,  (2)  of
    37  the  impending  default judgment, (3) that such judgment will be entered
    38  in the Civil Court of the city in which the bureau has been established,
    39  or other court of civil jurisdiction or any other place provided for the
    40  entry of civil judgments within the state of New York, and  (4)  that  a
    41  default may be avoided by entering a plea or contesting an allegation of
    42  liability  in accordance with any provisions of law specifically author-
    43  izing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
    44  failure of an operator thereof: to  comply  with  traffic-control  indi-
    45  cations  through the use of traffic-control signal photo violation-moni-
    46  toring devices pursuant to  article  twenty-four  of  this  chapter;  to
    47  comply  with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of section
    48  eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the  use  of  photo  speed
    49  violation monitoring systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter;
    50  to  comply with bus lane restrictions as specifically set forth in local
    51  laws establishing such restrictions through the  use  of  photo  devices
    52  pursuant  to  article  twenty-four  of this chapter; to comply with toll
    53  collection  regulations  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
    54  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
    55  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
    56  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred

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     1  fifty; or to stop for a school bus displaying a red  visual  signal  and
     2  stop-arm  when  meeting  a school bus marked and equipped as provided in
     3  subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three  hundred  seventy-
     4  five  of this chapter through the installation of school bus photo moni-
     5  toring systems as appropriate pursuant to article  twenty-nine  of  this
     6  chapter,  or  making  an appearance within thirty days of the sending of
     7  such notice.  Pleas entered and allegations contested within that period
     8  shall be in the manner prescribed in the notice and not subject to addi-
     9  tional penalty or fee. Such notice of impending default  judgment  shall
    10  not  be required prior to the rendering and entry thereof in the case of
    11  operators or owners who are non-residents of the state of New  York.  In
    12  no  case  shall  a  default  judgment  be rendered or, where required, a
    13  notice of impending default judgment be sent, more than two years  after
    14  the  expiration of the time prescribed for entering a plea or contesting
    15  an allegation. When a person has demanded a hearing, no fine or  penalty
    16  shall be imposed for any reason, prior to the holding of the hearing. If
    17  the hearing examiner shall make a determination on the charges, sustain-
    18  ing  them,  he or she shall impose no greater penalty or fine than those
    19  upon which the person was originally charged.
    20    § 7. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle  and
    21  traffic  law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new  paragraph a is added to read as
    22  follows:
    23    a. (i) If at the time of application for  a  registration  or  renewal
    24  thereof  there  is  a  certification  from  a  court, parking violations
    25  bureau, traffic and parking violations agency or administrative tribunal
    26  of appropriate jurisdiction that the registrant or his or her  represen-
    27  tative  failed  to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned
    28  date or failed to comply with the rules and regulations of  an  adminis-
    29  trative  tribunal  following  entry of a final decision in response to a
    30  total of three or more summonses or  other  process  in  the  aggregate,
    31  issued  within  an eighteen month period, charging either that: (i) such
    32  motor vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor  vehi-
    33  cle  was operated for hire by the registrant or his or her agent without
    34  being licensed as a motor vehicle for  hire  by  the  appropriate  local
    35  authority,  in  violation or any of the provisions of this chapter or of
    36  any law, ordinance, rule or regulation made by  a  local  authority;  or
    37  (ii)  the  registrant  was  liable for a violation of subdivision (d) of
    38  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with a local
    39  law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of  a  vehicle
    40  for  failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indi-
    41  cations through the installation of traffic-control signal photo  viola-
    42  tion-monitoring devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this chapter;
    43  or  (iii)  the  registrant  was liable in accordance with a local law or
    44  ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for  the
    45  failure  of  operator to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits
    46  in violation of section eleven hundred eighty of  this  chapter  through
    47  the installation of photo speed violation monitoring systems pursuant to
    48  article  thirty  of  this  chapter; or (iv) the registrant was liable in
    49  accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability  on
    50  the  owner  of  a  vehicle  for  violations  of bus lane restrictions as
    51  specifically set forth in local  laws  establishing  such  restrictions,
    52  through the use of photo devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this
    53  chapter; or (v) the registrant was liable in accordance with a local law
    54  or  ordinance  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
    55  failure of operator to stop for a school bus  displaying  a  red  visual
    56  signal  and  stop-arm  when  meeting a school bus marked and equipped as

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     1  provided in  subdivisions  twenty  and  twenty-one-c  of  section  three
     2  hundred  seventy-five  of  this chapter in accordance with provisions of
     3  law specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the
     4  owner of a vehicle through the installation of school bus photo monitor-
     5  ing systems pursuant to article twenty-nine of this chapter, the commis-
     6  sioner or his or her agent shall deny the registration or renewal appli-
     7  cation  until  the  applicant provides proof from the court, traffic and
     8  parking violations agency or administrative tribunal wherein the charges
     9  are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the case of
    10  an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied  with  the  rules
    11  and  regulations  of  said tribunal following entry of a final decision.
    12  Where an application is denied pursuant to this section, the commission-
    13  er may, in his or her discretion, deny a registration or renewal  appli-
    14  cation to any other person for the same vehicle and may deny a registra-
    15  tion  or  renewal  application for any other motor vehicle registered in
    16  the name of the applicant where the  commissioner  has  determined  that
    17  such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivi-
    18  sion  and  where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that
    19  such registration or renewal will  have  the  effect  of  defeating  the
    20  purposes  of  this subdivision.  Such denial shall only remain in effect
    21  as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in the case of an  admin-
    22  istrative  tribunal,  the  registrant fails to comply with the rules and
    23  regulations following entry of a final decision.
    24    (ii) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "motor vehicle  operated
    25  for  hire" shall mean and include a taxicab, livery, coach, limousine or
    26  tow truck.
    27    § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic  law  is
    28  REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
    29    1.  Whenever  proceedings  in an administrative tribunal or a court of
    30  this state result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter or a
    31  traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
    32  or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter; other than a traffic
    33  infraction involving standing, stopping, or  parking  or  violations  by
    34  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication of liability of
    35  owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
    36  en  of this chapter in accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing
    37  monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an  operator
    38  thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installa-
    39  tion of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices pursu-
    40  ant  to  article  twenty-four  of  this  chapter,  or an adjudication of
    41  liability of owners for violations of section eleven hundred  eighty  of
    42  this  chapter in accordance with local laws imposing liability on owners
    43  for failure of an operator to comply with certain posted  maximum  speed
    44  limits  through  the  installation  of  photo speed violation monitoring
    45  systems pursuant to article thirty of this chapter, or  an  adjudication
    46  of  liability  of  owners  for  violations  of  bus lane restrictions in
    47  accordance with local laws imposing liability on owners for  failure  of
    48  operators  to  comply  with  such  restrictions through the use of photo
    49  devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this chapter, or  an  adjudi-
    50  cation  of  liability  of owners for violations of toll collection regu-
    51  lations by an  operator  as  defined  in  and  in  accordance  with  the
    52  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  nine  hundred eighty-five of the
    53  public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c
    54  of  chapter  seven  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
    55  fifty, or an adjudication of liability of owners for failure of operator
    56  to stop for a school bus displaying a red  visual  signal  and  stop-arm

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     1  when  meeting  a  school bus marked and equipped as provided in subdivi-
     2  sions twenty and twenty-one-c of section three hundred  seventy-five  of
     3  this chapter in accordance with provisions of law specifically authoriz-
     4  ing  the  imposition  of  monetary  liability  on the owner of a vehicle
     5  through the installation of school bus photo monitoring systems pursuant
     6  to article twenty-nine of this chapter, there shall be  levied  a  crime
     7  victim  assistance  fee  and  a  mandatory surcharge, in addition to any
     8  sentence required or permitted by law, in accordance with the  following
     9  schedule:
    10    (a)  Whenever  proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of
    11  this state result in a conviction for a traffic infraction  pursuant  to
    12  article  nine  of  this  chapter,  there  shall be levied a crime victim
    13  assistance fee in the amount of five dollars and a mandatory  surcharge,
    14  in  addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the amount
    15  of twenty-five dollars.
    16    (b) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a  court  of
    17  this  state  result in a conviction for a misdemeanor or felony pursuant
    18  to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this  chapter,  there  shall  be
    19  levied,  in  addition  to  any  sentence required or permitted by law, a
    20  crime victim assistance fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars  and  a
    21  mandatory surcharge in accordance with the following schedule:
    22    (i)  a person convicted of a felony shall pay a mandatory surcharge of
    23  three hundred dollars;
    24    (ii) a person  convicted  of  a  misdemeanor  shall  pay  a  mandatory
    25  surcharge of one hundred seventy-five dollars.
    26    (c)  Whenever  proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of
    27  this state result in a conviction for  an  offense  under  this  chapter
    28  other than a crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this
    29  chapter,  or  a  traffic  infraction under this chapter, or a local law,
    30  ordinance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to  this  chapter,  other
    31  than  a  traffic  infraction involving standing, stopping, or parking or
    32  violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than  an  adjudication
    33  of  liability  of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
    34  eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with a local law  or
    35  ordinance imposing liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
    36  operator  thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the
    37  installation  of  traffic-control  signal   photo   violation-monitoring
    38  devices  pursuant  to article twenty-four of this chapter, or other than
    39  an adjudication of liability of an owner in accordance with a local  law
    40  or  ordinance  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
    41  the failure of an operator to comply with certain posted  maximum  speed
    42  limits  in  violation  of  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter
    43  through the installation of photo  speed  violation  monitoring  systems
    44  pursuant  to  article  thirty  of this chapter, or other than an adjudi-
    45  cation of liability of an owner in accordance with a local law or  ordi-
    46  nance  imposing  monetary  liability  on  the  owner  of  a  vehicle for
    47  violations of bus lane restrictions as specifically set forth  in  local
    48  laws  establishing  such  restrictions, through the use of photo devices
    49  pursuant to article twenty-four of this chapter, or other than an  adju-
    50  dication  of the liability of owners for failure of operator to stop for
    51  a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm when meeting  a
    52  school  bus  marked  and equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and
    53  twenty-one-c of section three hundred seventy-five of  this  chapter  in
    54  accordance  with  provisions of law specifically authorizing the imposi-
    55  tion of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle through the instal-
    56  lation of school bus photo monitoring systems pursuant to article  twen-

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     1  ty-nine of this chapter; or other than an infraction pursuant to article
     2  nine  of  this chapter; or other than an adjudication of liability of an
     3  owner for a violation of toll collection regulations pursuant to section
     4  two  thousand  nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law or
     5  sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c  of  chapter  seven  hundred
     6  seventy-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred fifty, there shall be
     7  levied a crime victim assistance fee in the amount of five dollars and a
     8  mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence required  or  permitted
     9  by law, in the amount of fifty-five dollars.
    10    § 9. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e of the vehicle and
    11  traffic  law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new  paragraph a is added to read as
    12  follows:
    13    a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in
    14  a court or  an  administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result  in  a
    15  conviction for an offense under this chapter, except a conviction pursu-
    16  ant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, or for a traf-
    17  fic  infraction  under  this chapter, or a local law, ordinance, rule or
    18  regulation adopted pursuant to  this  chapter,  except:  (i)  a  traffic
    19  infraction  involving  standing,  stopping,  or parking or violations by
    20  pedestrians or bicyclists; or (ii) an adjudication of  liability  of  an
    21  owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
    22  en  of this chapter in accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing
    23  liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an  operator  thereof
    24  to  comply  with traffic-control indications through the installation of
    25  traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring  devices  pursuant  to
    26  article twenty-four of this chapter; or (iii) an adjudication of liabil-
    27  ity  of  an  owner  in accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing
    28  monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for the failure of an oper-
    29  ator to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in violation  of
    30  section  eleven  hundred eighty of this chapter through the installation
    31  of photo speed violation monitoring systems pursuant to  article  thirty
    32  of  this  chapter;  or  (iv) an adjudication of liability of an owner in
    33  accordance with a local law or ordinance imposing monetary liability  on
    34  the  owner  of  a  vehicle  for  violations  of bus lane restrictions as
    35  specifically set forth in local  laws  establishing  such  restrictions,
    36  through the use of photo devices pursuant to article twenty-four of this
    37  chapter; or (v) an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation
    38  of  toll  collection  regulations  pursuant to section two thousand nine
    39  hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law or sections sixteen-a,
    40  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
    41  laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or (vi) an adjudication of the liability
    42  of  owners for failure of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a
    43  red visual signal and stop-arm when meeting  a  school  bus  marked  and
    44  equipped  as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section
    45  three  hundred  seventy-five  of  this  chapter,  in   accordance   with
    46  provisions  of  law  specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary
    47  liability on the owner of a vehicle through the installation  of  school
    48  bus  photo  monitoring  systems  pursuant to article twenty-nine of this
    49  chapter, there shall be levied in addition to any sentence,  penalty  or
    50  other surcharge required or permitted by law, an additional surcharge of
    51  twenty-eight dollars.
    52    §  10.  Section 371 of the general municipal law is REPEALED and a new
    53  section 371 is added to read as follows:
    54    § 371. Jurisdiction and procedure. 1. A traffic violations  bureau  so
    55  established  may be authorized to dispose of violations of traffic laws,
    56  ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses shall  not  consti-

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     1  tute  the traffic infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or felo-
     2  ny, and, if authorized by local law or ordinance, or to  adjudicate  the
     3  liability  of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven
     4  hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law in accordance with a local
     5  law  or  ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle
     6  for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control  indi-
     7  cations  through the installation of traffic-control signal photo viola-
     8  tion-monitoring devices pursuant to article twenty-four of  the  vehicle
     9  and traffic law, or authorized to adjudicate the liability of owners for
    10  failure  of  operator  to  stop for a school bus displaying a red visual
    11  signal and stop-arm when meeting a school bus  marked  and  equipped  as
    12  provided  in  subdivisions  twenty  and  twenty-one-c  of  section three
    13  hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and traffic law in  accordance  with
    14  provisions  of  law  specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary
    15  liability on the owner of a vehicle through the installation  of  school
    16  bus  photo  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to article twenty-nine of the
    17  vehicle and traffic law.
    18    2. The Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency, as  estab-
    19  lished,  may  be  authorized to assist the Nassau county district court,
    20  and the Suffolk county traffic and parking violations agency, as  estab-
    21  lished,  may  be authorized to assist the Suffolk county district court,
    22  in the disposition and administration  of  infractions  of  traffic  and
    23  parking  laws,  ordinances,  rules and regulations and to adjudicate the
    24  liability of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section  eleven
    25  hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law in accordance with a local
    26  law  or  ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle
    27  for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control  indi-
    28  cations  through the installation of traffic-control signal photo viola-
    29  tion-monitoring devices pursuant to article twenty-four of  the  vehicle
    30  and traffic law, or authorized to adjudicate the liability of owners for
    31  failure  of  operator  to  stop for a school bus displaying a red visual
    32  signal and stop-arm when meeting a school bus  marked  and  equipped  as
    33  provided  in  subdivisions  twenty  and  twenty-one-c  of  section three
    34  hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and traffic law in  accordance  with
    35  provisions  of  law  specifically authorizing the imposition of monetary
    36  liability on the owner of a vehicle through the installation  of  school
    37  bus  photo  monitoring  systems  pursuant  to article twenty-nine of the
    38  vehicle and traffic law, except that such agencies shall not have juris-
    39  diction over (a) the traffic infraction defined under subdivision one of
    40  section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and  traffic  law;  (b)
    41  the  traffic infraction defined under subdivision five of section eleven
    42  hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic  law;  (c)  the  violation
    43  defined under paragraph (b) of subdivision four of section fourteen-f of
    44  the  transportation  law  and  the  violation  defined under item (b) of
    45  subparagraph (iii) of paragraph c of  subdivision  two  of  section  one
    46  hundred  forty  of  the  transportation  law; (d) the traffic infraction
    47  defined under section three hundred ninety-seven-a of  the  vehicle  and
    48  traffic  law and the traffic infraction defined under subdivision (g) of
    49  section eleven hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic  law;  (e)  any
    50  misdemeanor or felony; or (f) any offense that is part of the same crim-
    51  inal  transaction, as that term is defined in subdivision two of section
    52  40.10 of the criminal procedure law, as a violation of  subdivision  one
    53  of  section  eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, a
    54  violation of subdivision five of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two  of
    55  the vehicle and traffic law, a violation of paragraph (b) of subdivision
    56  four  of  section  fourteen-f  of the transportation law, a violation of

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     1  item (b) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph  c  of  subdivision  two  of
     2  section  one  hundred  forty  of  the transportation law, a violation of
     3  section three hundred ninety-seven-a of the vehicle and traffic  law,  a
     4  violation  of  subdivision  (g)  of section eleven hundred eighty of the
     5  vehicle and traffic law or any misdemeanor or felony.
     6    2-a. The Buffalo traffic violations agency, as established in subdivi-
     7  sion four of section three hundred  seventy  of  this  article,  may  be
     8  authorized  to  assist  the  Buffalo  city  court in the disposition and
     9  administration of infractions of traffic  laws,  ordinances,  rules  and
    10  regulations except that such agency shall not have jurisdiction over (a)
    11  the  traffic  infraction defined under subdivision one of section eleven
    12  hundred ninety-two of the vehicle  and  traffic  law;  (b)  the  traffic
    13  infraction  defined  under  subdivision  five  of section eleven hundred
    14  ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law;  (c)  the  violation  defined
    15  under  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision four of section fourteen-f of the
    16  transportation law and the violation defined under item (b) of  subpara-
    17  graph  (iii)  of  paragraph  c of subdivision two of section one hundred
    18  forty of the transportation law;  (d)  the  traffic  infraction  defined
    19  under  section  three  hundred ninety-seven-a of the vehicle and traffic
    20  law and the traffic infraction defined under subdivision (g) of  section
    21  eleven  hundred  eighty  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic law; (e) traffic
    22  infractions  constituting  parking,  standing,  stopping  or  pedestrian
    23  offenses; (f) any misdemeanor or felony; or (g) any offense that is part
    24  of the same criminal transaction, as that term is defined in subdivision
    25  two  of  section  40.10 of the criminal procedure law, as a violation of
    26  subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle  and
    27  traffic  law,  a violation of subdivision five of section eleven hundred
    28  ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, a violation of paragraph  (b)
    29  of  subdivision  four of section fourteen-f of the transportation law, a
    30  violation of item (b) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph c  of  subdivi-
    31  sion  two  of  section  one  hundred  forty of the transportation law, a
    32  violation of section three hundred ninety-seven-a  of  the  vehicle  and
    33  traffic  law,  a violation constituting a parking, stopping, standing or
    34  pedestrian offense, a violation of subdivision  (g)  of  section  eleven
    35  hundred  eighty  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law or any misdemeanor or
    36  felony.
    37    2-b. The Rochester traffic violations agency, as established in subdi-
    38  vision five of section three hundred seventy of  this  article,  may  be
    39  authorized  to  assist  the  Rochester city court in the disposition and
    40  administration of infractions of traffic  laws,  ordinances,  rules  and
    41  regulations except that such agency shall not have jurisdiction over (a)
    42  the  traffic  infraction defined under subdivision one of section eleven
    43  hundred ninety-two of the vehicle  and  traffic  law;  (b)  the  traffic
    44  infraction  defined  under  subdivision  five  of section eleven hundred
    45  ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law;  (c)  the  violation  defined
    46  under  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision four of section fourteen-f of the
    47  transportation law and the violation defined under item (b) of  subpara-
    48  graph  (iii)  of  paragraph  c of subdivision two of section one hundred
    49  forty of the transportation law;  (d)  the  traffic  infraction  defined
    50  under  section  three  hundred ninety-seven-a of the vehicle and traffic
    51  law and the traffic infraction defined under subdivision (g) of  section
    52  eleven  hundred  eighty  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic law; (e) traffic
    53  infractions  constituting  parking,  standing,  stopping  or  pedestrian
    54  offenses; (f) any misdemeanor or felony; or (g) any offense that is part
    55  of the same criminal transaction, as that term is defined in subdivision
    56  two  of  section  40.10 of the criminal procedure law, as a violation of

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     1  subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle  and
     2  traffic  law,  a violation of subdivision five of section eleven hundred
     3  ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, a violation of paragraph  (b)
     4  of  subdivision  four of section fourteen-f of the transportation law, a
     5  violation of item (b) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph c  of  subdivi-
     6  sion  two  of  section  one  hundred  forty of the transportation law, a
     7  violation of section three hundred ninety-seven-a  of  the  vehicle  and
     8  traffic  law,  a violation constituting a parking, stopping, standing or
     9  pedestrian offense, a violation of subdivision  (g)  of  section  eleven
    10  hundred  eighty  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law or any misdemeanor or
    11  felony.
    12    3. A person charged with an infraction which shall be disposed  of  by
    13  either  a traffic violations bureau, the Nassau county traffic and park-
    14  ing violations  agency,  or  the  Suffolk  county  traffic  and  parking
    15  violations  agency  may be permitted to answer, within a specified time,
    16  at the traffic violations bureau, in Nassau county at  the  traffic  and
    17  parking violations agency and in Suffolk county at the traffic and park-
    18  ing  violations agency, either in person or by written power of attorney
    19  in such form as may be prescribed in the ordinance or local law creating
    20  the bureau or agency, by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing, waiv-
    21  ing a hearing in court, pleading  guilty  to  the  charge  or  admitting
    22  liability  as  an  owner for the violation of subdivision (d) of section
    23  eleven hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law, as  the  case  may
    24  be,  and  authorizing  the  person  in charge of the bureau or agency to
    25  enter such a plea or admission and accept payment of said fine.  Accept-
    26  ance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney by the bureau or agen-
    27  cy  shall  be  deemed  complete satisfaction for the violation or of the
    28  liability, and the violator or owner liable for a violation of  subdivi-
    29  sion (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law
    30  shall  be  given  a receipt which so states.  If a person charged with a
    31  traffic violation does not answer as hereinbefore prescribed,  within  a
    32  designated  time,  the  bureau  or  agency  may  cause a complaint to be
    33  entered against him or her forthwith and a warrant to be issued for  his
    34  or her arrest and appearance before the court, such summons to be predi-
    35  cated  upon the personal service of said summons upon the person charged
    36  with the infraction. Any person who shall have been, within the  preced-
    37  ing twelve months, guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of
    38  such  maximum  number  as may be designated by the court, or of three or
    39  more violations other than parking violations, shall not be permitted to
    40  appear and answer to a subsequent violation at  the  traffic  violations
    41  bureau  or  agency,  but must appear in court at a time specified by the
    42  bureau or agency. Such bureau or  agency  shall  not  be  authorized  to
    43  deprive a person of his or her right to counsel or to prevent him or her
    44  from  exercising  his  or  her  right  to  appear in court to answer to,
    45  explain, or defend any charge of a violation of any traffic  law,  ordi-
    46  nance, rule or regulation.
    47    3-a. A person charged with an infraction which shall be disposed of by
    48  the Buffalo traffic violations agency may be permitted to answer, within
    49  a  specified  time, at the traffic violations agency either in person or
    50  by written power of attorney in such form as may be  prescribed  in  the
    51  ordinance  or local law creating the agency, by paying a prescribed fine
    52  and, in writing, waiving a hearing in  court,  pleading  guilty  to  the
    53  charge  or  a  lesser charge agreeable to the traffic prosecutor and the
    54  person charged with an infraction, and authorizing the person in  charge
    55  of  the  agency  to  enter  such a plea and accept payment of said fine.
    56  Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney  by  the  agency

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     1  shall  be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and the viola-
     2  tor shall be given a receipt which so states. If a person charged with a
     3  traffic violation does not answer as hereinbefore prescribed,  within  a
     4  designated  time, the agency may cause a complaint to be entered against
     5  him or her forthwith and a warrant to be issued for his  or  her  arrest
     6  and  appearance before the court, such summons to be predicated upon the
     7  personal service of said  summons  upon  the  person  charged  with  the
     8  infraction.  Any person who shall have been, within the preceding twelve
     9  months,  guilty  of  three or more violations, shall not be permitted to
    10  appear and answer to a subsequent violation  at  the  agency,  but  must
    11  appear in court at a time specified by the agency. Such agency shall not
    12  be  authorized  to deprive a person of his or her right to counsel or to
    13  prevent him or her from exercising his or her right to appear  in  court
    14  to  answer to, explain, or defend any charge of a violation of any traf-
    15  fic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
    16    3-b. A person charged with an infraction which shall be disposed of by
    17  the Rochester traffic violations agency  may  be  permitted  to  answer,
    18  within  a  specified  time,  at  the traffic violations agency either in
    19  person or by written power of attorney in such form as may be prescribed
    20  in the  ordinance  or  local  law  creating  the  agency,  by  paying  a
    21  prescribed  fine  and,  in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading
    22  guilty to the charge or a lesser charge agreeable to the traffic  prose-
    23  cutor  and  the  person  charged with an infraction, and authorizing the
    24  person in charge of the agency to enter such a plea and  accept  payment
    25  of  said fine.   Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney
    26  by the agency shall be deemed complete satisfaction for  the  violation,
    27  and  the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.  If a person
    28  charged with  a  traffic  violation  does  not  answer  as  hereinbefore
    29  prescribed,  within  a designated time, the agency may cause a complaint
    30  to be entered against him or her forthwith and a warrant  to  be  issued
    31  for  his  or her arrest and appearance before the court, such summons to
    32  be predicated upon the personal service of said summons upon the  person
    33  charged  with the infraction. Any person who shall have been, within the
    34  preceding twelve months, guilty of three or more violations,  shall  not
    35  be permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent violation at the agen-
    36  cy,  but  must  appear in court at a time specified by the agency.  Such
    37  agency shall not be authorized to deprive a person of his or  her  right
    38  to  counsel or to prevent him or her from exercising his or her right to
    39  appear in court to answer  to,  explain,  or  defend  any  charge  of  a
    40  violation of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
    41    4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, fines, penalties
    42  and forfeitures collected by the Nassau county or Suffolk county traffic
    43  and  parking  violations  agency  shall  be  distributed  as provided in
    44  section eighteen hundred three of the vehicle  and  traffic  law.    All
    45  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  for  violations  adjudicated by the
    46  Nassau county or Suffolk county traffic and  parking  violations  agency
    47  pursuant to subdivision two of this section, with the exception of park-
    48  ing  violations,  and except as provided in subdivision three of section
    49  ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, shall be paid by  such  agencies
    50  to  the state comptroller within the first ten days of the month follow-
    51  ing collection. Each such payment shall be accompanied  by  a  true  and
    52  complete  report  in  such  form  and  detail  as  the comptroller shall
    53  prescribe.
    54    4-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, fines,  penal-
    55  ties  and forfeitures collected by the Buffalo traffic violations agency
    56  shall be distributed as provided in section eighteen  hundred  three  of

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     1  the  vehicle  and  traffic law. All fines, penalties and forfeitures for
     2  violations adjudicated by the Buffalo traffic violations agency pursuant
     3  to subdivision two-a of this section except as provided  in  subdivision
     4  three  of  section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, shall be paid
     5  by such agency to the state comptroller within the first ten days of the
     6  month following collection. Each such payment shall be accompanied by  a
     7  true  and  complete  report  in  such form and detail as the comptroller
     8  shall prescribe.
     9    4-b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, fines,  penal-
    10  ties and forfeitures collected by the Rochester traffic violations agen-
    11  cy shall be distributed as provided in section eighteen hundred three of
    12  the  vehicle  and  traffic law. All fines, penalties and forfeitures for
    13  violations adjudicated by the Rochester traffic violations agency pursu-
    14  ant to subdivision two-b of this section except as provided in  subdivi-
    15  sion  three  of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, shall be
    16  paid by such agency to the state comptroller within the first  ten  days
    17  of  the  month following collection. Each such payment shall be accompa-
    18  nied by a true and complete report in such form and detail as the  comp-
    19  troller shall prescribe.
    20    §  11.  The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
    21  1111-f to read as follows:
    22    § 1111-f. Owner liability for  failure  of  operator  to  comply  with
    23  traffic-control  indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision
    24  of law, the village of Pelham Manor is hereby authorized  and  empowered
    25  to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration
    26  program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
    27  ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
    28  such village in accordance with the provisions  of  this  section.  Such
    29  demonstration  program shall empower such village to install and operate
    30  traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring  devices  at  no  more
    31  than  one intersection within and under the jurisdiction of such village
    32  at any one time.
    33    2. Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies  to
    34  ensure,  to  the  extent  practicable, that photographs produced by such
    35  traffic-control signal  photo  violation-monitoring  systems  shall  not
    36  include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents
    37  of  the  vehicle.  Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued
    38  pursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely because a  photograph
    39  or  photographs  allow for the identification of the contents of a vehi-
    40  cle, provided that such village has made a reasonable effort  to  comply
    41  with the provisions of this paragraph.
    42    (b)  In  any  such  village which has adopted a local law or ordinance
    43  pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section,  the  owner  of  a  vehicle
    44  shall  be  liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if such
    45  vehicle was used or operated with the permission of the  owner,  express
    46  or  implied,  in  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
    47  eleven of this article, and such violation is evidenced  by  information
    48  obtained   from  a  traffic-control  signal  photo  violation-monitoring
    49  system; provided however that no owner of a vehicle shall be liable  for
    50  a  penalty  imposed  pursuant to this section where the operator of such
    51  vehicle has been convicted of the underlying  violation  of  subdivision
    52  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this article.
    53    (c)  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "owner" shall have the meaning
    54  provided in article two-B of this chapter. For purposes of this section,
    55  "traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system" shall mean  a
    56  vehicle  sensor  installed to work in conjunction with a traffic-control

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     1  signal which automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more
     2  microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded images of  each  vehicle
     3  at  the  time  it is used or operated in violation of subdivision (d) of
     4  section eleven hundred eleven of this article.
     5    (d)  A  certificate,  sworn to or affirmed by a technician employed by
     6  the village of Pelham Manor in which the charged violation occurred,  or
     7  a  facsimile  thereof, based upon inspection of photographs, microphoto-
     8  graphs, videotape or other recorded images produced by a traffic-control
     9  signal photo violation-monitoring system, shall be prima facie  evidence
    10  of  the  facts  contained  therein.   Any photographs, microphotographs,
    11  videotape or other recorded images evidencing such a violation shall  be
    12  available  for  inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability
    13  for such violation pursuant to a local law or ordinance adopted pursuant
    14  to this section.
    15    (e) An owner liable for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
    16  eleven  hundred  eleven of this article pursuant to a local law or ordi-
    17  nance adopted pursuant to this section  shall  be  liable  for  monetary
    18  penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be set
    19  forth in such local law or ordinance.  The liability of the owner pursu-
    20  ant  to  this section shall not exceed fifty dollars for each violation;
    21  provided, however, that such local law or ordinance may provide  for  an
    22  additional  penalty  not  in  excess  of  twenty-five  dollars  for each
    23  violation for the failure to respond to a notice of liability within the
    24  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 village
    50  of  Pelham  Manor  or  by any other entity authorized by such village to
    51  prepare 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 where  the  violation
    55  occurred  or,  if  there  be none, by the court having jurisdiction over
    56  traffic infractions.

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     1    (i) If an owner receives  a  notice  of  liability  pursuant  to  this
     2  section for any time period during which the vehicle was reported to the
     3  police  department as having been stolen, it shall be a valid defense to
     4  an allegation of liability for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
     5  eleven  hundred eleven of this article pursuant to this section that the
     6  vehicle had been reported to the police as stolen prior to the time  the
     7  violation occurred and had not been recovered by such time. For purposes
     8  of asserting the defense provided by this subdivision it shall be suffi-
     9  cient  that  a certified copy of the police report on the stolen vehicle
    10  be sent by first class mail to the court having jurisdiction.
    11    (j) An owner who is a lessor of a vehicle to which a notice of liabil-
    12  ity was issued pursuant to subdivision (g) of this section shall not  be
    13  liable  for  the  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
    14  eleven of this article, provided that he  or  she  sends  to  the  court
    15  having  jurisdiction  a copy of the rental, lease or other such contract
    16  document covering such vehicle on the date of the  violation,  with  the
    17  name and address of the lessee clearly legible, within thirty-seven days
    18  after  receiving  notice  from  the  court  of the date and time of such
    19  violation, together with the other information contained in the original
    20  notice of liability.  Failure to send such information within such thir-
    21  ty-seven day time period shall render the owner liable for  the  penalty
    22  prescribed   by  this  section.  Where  the  lessor  complies  with  the
    23  provisions of this subdivision, the lessee of such vehicle on  the  date
    24  of  such  violation  shall be deemed to be the owner of such vehicle for
    25  purposes of  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  liability  for  the
    26  violation  of  subdivision  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
    27  article pursuant to this section and shall be sent a notice of liability
    28  pursuant to subdivision (g) of this section.
    29    (k) 1. If the owner liable for  a  violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of
    30  section  eleven  hundred eleven of this article pursuant to this section
    31  was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of  the  violation,  the
    32  owner may maintain an action for indemnification against the operator.
    33    2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no owner of a
    34  vehicle shall be subject to a monetary fine  imposed  pursuant  to  this
    35  section if the operator of such vehicle was operating such vehicle with-
    36  out  the consent of the owner at the time such operator failed to obey a
    37  traffic-control indication. For purposes of this subdivision there shall
    38  be a presumption that the operator of such vehicle  was  operating  such
    39  vehicle  with  the consent of the owner at the time such operator failed
    40  to obey a traffic-control indication.
    41    (l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the  liability
    42  of  an  operator  of  a  vehicle for any violation of subdivision (d) of
    43  section eleven hundred eleven of this article.
    44    (m) When the village has established a demonstration program  pursuant
    45  to  this  section,  all fines and penalties collected under such program
    46  shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision ten of section eigh-
    47  teen hundred three of this chapter.
    48    (n) Any village that adopts a demonstration program pursuant to subdi-
    49  vision (a) of this section shall submit an annual report  detailing  the
    50  results  of the use of such traffic-control signal photo violation-moni-
    51  toring system to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
    52  the speaker of the assembly on or before June first, two thousand  twen-
    53  ty-one  and on the same date in each succeeding year in which the demon-
    54  stration program is operable. Such report  shall  include,  but  not  be
    55  limited to:

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     1    1.  a  description of the locations where traffic-control signal photo
     2  violation-monitoring systems were used;
     3    2.  the  aggregate  number, type and severity of accidents reported at
     4  intersections where a traffic-control signal photo  violation-monitoring
     5  system  is  used  for the three years preceding the installation of such
     6  system, to the extent the information is maintained by the department;
     7    3. the aggregate number, type and severity of  accidents  reported  at
     8  intersections  where a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
     9  system is used for the reporting year, as well as for each year that the
    10  traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system has been opera-
    11  tional, to the extent the information is maintained by the department;
    12    4. the number of events and number  of  violations  recorded  at  each
    13  intersection  where  a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
    14  system is used and in the aggregate  on  a  daily,  weekly  and  monthly
    15  basis;
    16    5.  the  number of notices of liability issued for violations recorded
    17  by such system at each intersection where a traffic-control signal photo
    18  violation-monitoring system is used;
    19    6. the number of fines imposed and total amount of  fines  paid  after
    20  first notice of liability;
    21    7.  the number and percentage of violations adjudicated and results of
    22  such  adjudications  including  breakdowns  of  disposition   made   for
    23  violations  recorded  by  such  systems which shall be provided at least
    24  annually to such village by the respective courts and bureaus conducting
    25  such adjudications;
    26    8. the total amount of revenue realized  by  such  village  from  such
    27  adjudications  including a breakdown of revenue realized by such village
    28  for each year since  deployment  of  its  traffic-control  signal  photo
    29  violation-monitoring system;
    30    9.  expenses  incurred by such village in connection with the program;
    31  and
    32    10. quality of the adjudication process and its results which shall be
    33  provided at least annually to such village by the respective courts  and
    34  bureaus conducting such adjudications.
    35    (o) It shall be a defense to any prosecution for a violation of subdi-
    36  vision  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this article pursuant to
    37  a local law or ordinance adopted pursuant  to  this  section  that  such
    38  traffic-control  indications  were  malfunctioning  at  the  time of the
    39  alleged violation.
    40    § 12. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however  that
    41  section  eleven of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after
    42  it shall have become a law and shall expire on December  1,  2025,  when
    43  upon  such  date  the  provisions of section eleven of this act shall be
    44  deemed repealed; provided, further, that any such local law  as  may  be
    45  enacted  pursuant  to  section  eleven  of this act shall remain in full
    46  force and effect only until December 1, 2025.
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