Bill Text: NY A00676 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented multiple times within a period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A00676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00676-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           676

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, DICKENS, J. RIVERA, SIMON -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  -- M.  of A. DAVILA, GALEF -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  suspending
          the registration of a vehicle which has been documented multiple times
          by  a  photo  violation  monitoring  device for failure of an operator
          thereof to comply with traffic-control indications

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1118 to read as follows:
     3    § 1118. Failure to comply with traffic control signal. (a) The  regis-
     4  tration of a vehicle which has been documented six times within a twelve
     5  month  period  by  a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an
     6  operator thereof to comply with  traffic-control  indications  shall  be
     7  suspended  for  a  period  of fifteen days commencing ten days after the
     8  notice of liability for the sixth violation has been mailed.
     9    (b) The registration of a vehicle which has been documented nine times
    10  within a twenty-four month period by a photo violation monitoring device
    11  for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control  indi-
    12  cations  shall  be  suspended for a period of thirty days commencing ten
    13  days after the notice of liability for  the  ninth  violation  has  been
    14  mailed.
    15    (c)  The  registration  of  a vehicle which has been documented twelve
    16  times within a thirty-six month period by a photo  violation  monitoring
    17  device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control
    18  indications  shall  be  suspended for a period of ninety days commencing
    19  ten days after the notice of liability for  the  twelfth  violation  has
    20  been mailed.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02331-01-1
        A. 676                              2

     1    (d)  This  section  shall not apply to a rental vehicle, as defined in
     2  section one hundred thirty-seven-a of this chapter.
     3    (e)  The  department  shall,  by  certified mail, alert the owner of a
     4  registered vehicle after the vehicles  fourth  documentation  in  twelve
     5  months,  seventh documentation in twenty-four months, and tenth documen-
     6  tation in thirty-six months by a photo violation monitoring  device  for
     7  failure  of  an  operator  thereof  to comply with traffic-control indi-
     8  cations that such vehicle shall be suspended after two  more  documenta-
     9  tions.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.