Bill Text: NY A06155 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Permits signs, placards or other displays to provide notice that school bus photo violation monitoring systems are in use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-02 - signed chap.325 [A06155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06155-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6155

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
          signs,  placards  or  other displays to provide notice that school bus
          photo violation monitoring systems are in use; and providing  for  the
          repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 21-h of section 375 of the vehicle and  traffic
     2  law,  as added by chapter 415 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    21-h. It shall be unlawful for any  motor  vehicle  having  a  seating
     5  capacity  of more than seven passengers, and used primarily to transport
     6  pupils or pupils and teachers to and from school to be mounted with,  or
     7  have  placed  or  installed  thereon  any sign, placard or other display
     8  except as provided by law. Provided, however,  that  the  provisions  of
     9  this  subdivision  shall not apply to such motor vehicles operating in a
    10  city with a population of one million or more. Provided,  further,  that
    11  the  provisions  of this subdivision shall not apply to a sign, placard,
    12  or other display placed or installed for purposes of giving notice  that
    13  school  bus  photo  violation  monitoring  systems  are  used to enforce
    14  restrictions on vehicles violating section eleven  hundred  seventy-four
    15  of  this  chapter by a county, city, town or village that has adopted an
    16  owner liability program as authorized by section eleven hundred  seventy
    17  four-a of this chapter.
    18    §  2.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
    19  section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
    20  diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency  determines  in  writing
    21  that  this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of
    22  federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not  affect,
    23  impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09788-01-1

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     1  operation  to  the  clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or
     2  part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
     3  or written determination shall have been rendered.
     4    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law; provided, that this act shall expire  and  be  deemed
     6  repealed if any federal agency determines in writing that this act would
     7  render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any
     8  court  of  competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would
     9  render New York state out of compliance with federal law or  regulation;
    10  provided further, that the commissioner of transportation or commission-
    11  er  of motor vehicles shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
    12  sion upon the occurrence of the provisions of this act in order that the
    13  commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base  of
    14  the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
    15  effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
    16  section 70-b of the public  officers  law.  Effective  immediately,  the
    17  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    18  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    19  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.