Bill Text: NY S06425 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6425

Introduced

Bill Title: Imposes increasing fines for subsequent speed camera violations in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06425 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06425-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6425

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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, in relation to increasing
          penalties imposed on owners for failure of an operator to comply  with
          posted speed limits in the city of New York

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and  traf-
     2  fic  law,  as  added  by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013,  is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (e) An owner liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d),  (f)
     5  or  (g)  of  section eleven hundred eighty of this article pursuant to a
     6  demonstration program established pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be
     7  liable for monetary penalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and
     8  penalties to be promulgated by the parking violations bureau of the city
     9  of  New  York. The liability of the owner pursuant to this section shall
    10  not exceed  [fifty  dollars  for  each  violation]  the  dollar  amounts
    11  prescribed  herein  for  the  following  number of violations, committed
    12  within  a  period  of  two  years:  fifty  dollars  for  the  first  two
    13  violations, one hundred dollars for a third violation, one hundred twen-
    14  ty-five dollars for a fourth violation, one hundred  fifty dollars for a
    15  fifth  violation,  two  hundred  dollars  for a sixth violation, and two
    16  hundred fifty dollars for  a  seventh  and  any  subsequent  violations;
    17  provided,  however,  that such parking violations bureau may provide for
    18  an additional penalty not in excess  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each
    19  violation for the failure to respond to a notice of liability within the
    20  prescribed time period.
    21    §  2. This   act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law; provided that the amendments to section 1180-b of the
    23  vehicle and traffic law made by section one of this act shall not affect
    24  the expiration of such section and shall expire and be  deemed  repealed
    25  therewith.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10859-01-3