Bill Text: NY A07473 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7473 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Causes the closed-circuit television system of cameras to record certain images in a manner that allows the identification of the license plate as well as the make and model of the motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - held for consideration in transportation [A07473 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07473-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7473
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 21, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the highway law, the public authorities law and the  New
         York  city  charter,  in  relation to causing the closed circuit tele-
         vision system of cameras to record certain images in a certain manner
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  10 of the highway law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 47 to read as follows:
    3    47. CAUSE THE  CLOSED-CIRCUIT  TELEVISION  (CCTV)  SYSTEM  OF  CAMERAS
    4  INSTALLED ALONG CERTAIN STATE ROADWAYS AS PART OF ITS INTELLIGENT TRANS-
    5  PORTATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM TO RECORD THE IMAGES FILMED BY SUCH CAMERAS IN
    6  A  MANNER THAT ALLOWS THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE LICENSE PLATE AS WELL AS
    7  THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES  USING  SUCH  ROADWAYS.    SUCH
    8  RECORDED  IMAGES  ARE  TO  BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
    9  WITHIN THE STATE FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING MOTOR  VEHICLES  THAT  HAVE
   10  BEEN  DRIVEN  IN  SUCH  MANNER  AS  TO  HAVE CAUSED OR BEEN IN SOME PART
   11  RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT THAT HAS OCCURRED ON SUCH  ROAD-
   12  WAYS.
   13    IN  CARRYING  OUT  THIS  FUNCTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL AMEND ANY
   14  DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES GOVERNING THE CCTV SYSTEMS SO AS  TO  PROVIDE  FOR
   15  THE RECORDING OF IMAGES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   16    S  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 361 of the public authorities law is
   17  amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   18    (F) THE AUTHORITY SHALL CAUSE  THE  CLOSED-CIRCUIT  TELEVISION  (CCTV)
   19  SYSTEM  OF  CAMERAS  INSTALLED  ALONG  THE  THRUWAY TO RECORD THE IMAGES
   20  FILMED BY SUCH CAMERAS IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
   21  LICENSE PLATE AS WELL AS THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES  USING
   22  SUCH  ROADWAYS.  SUCH  RECORDED  IMAGES  ARE TO BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO LAW
   23  ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING  MOTOR
   24  VEHICLES  THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN SUCH MANNER AS TO HAVE CAUSED OR BEEN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02123-01-3
       A. 7473                             2
    1  IN SOME PART RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT THAT  HAS  OCCURRED
    2  ON THE THRUWAY. IN CARRYING OUT THIS FUNCTION, THE AUTHORITY SHALL AMEND
    3  ANY POLICIES GOVERNING THE CCTV SYSTEMS SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECORD-
    4  ING OF IMAGES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
    5    S  3.  Subdivision  a  of section 2903 of the New York city charter is
    6  amended by adding a new paragraph 11-a to read as follows:
    7    (11-A) CAUSE THE CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV)  SYSTEM  OF  CAMERAS
    8  INSTALLED  ALONG CERTAIN ROADWAYS OF THE CITY AS PART OF ITS INTELLIGENT
    9  TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM TO  RECORD  THE  IMAGES  FILMED  BY  SUCH
   10  CAMERAS  IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE LICENSE PLATE
   11  AS WELL AS THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES USING SUCH ROADWAYS.
   12  SUCH RECORDED IMAGES ARE TO BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGEN-
   13  CIES  WITHIN  THE  CITY  FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING MOTOR VEHICLES THAT
   14  HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN SUCH MANNER AS TO HAVE CAUSED  OR BEEN IN SOME  PART
   15  RESPONSIBLE  FOR AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT THAT HAS OCCURRED ON SUCH ROAD-
   16  WAYS.
   17    IN CARRYING OUT  THIS  FUNCTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  AMEND  ANY
   18  DEPARTMENTAL  POLICIES  GOVERNING  THE CCTV SYSTEMS SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR
   19  THE RECORDING OF IMAGES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   20    S 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   21  have become a law.