New York A 6519: Relates to demonstration programs imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits in the town of Yorktown

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A06519 Summary:

BILL NOA06519A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07802-A

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SPONSORSlater

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COSPNSRMorinello, Smullen, McDonough, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1180-e, V & T L; amd §371-a, Gen Muni L

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Authorizes the town of Yorktown, Westchester county, shall have the ability to install and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems within construction or maintenance work areas that fall within the border or jurisdiction of such municipality; makes related provisions.

Go to top A06519 Actions:

BILL NOA06519A

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03/05/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

06/02/2026amend and recommit to transportation

06/02/2026print number 6519a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6519--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, MORINELLO, SMULLEN, McDONOUGH, LEVENBERG
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to owner
 liability for failure of operator to comply with certain posted maxi-
 mum speed limits in the town of Yorktown, Westchester county; and to
 amend the general municipal law, in relation to making technical
 corrections

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jake's Law".
 2 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-e of the vehicle
 3 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 58 of the
 4 laws of 2026, is amended to read as follows:
 5 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of
 6 transportation is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program
 7 imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
 8 operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a highway
 9 construction or maintenance work area located on a highway (i) when
 10 highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area
 11 speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d)
 12 or subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or
 13 (ii) when highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and
 14 other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b) or (g)
 15 or paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of
 16 this article. Such demonstration program shall empower the commissioner
 17 to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than
 18 forty highway construction or maintenance work areas located on highways
 19 and to operate such systems within such work areas (iii) when highway

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06452-03-6

 A. 6519--A 2

 1 construction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area speed
 2 limit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d) or
 3 subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv)
 4 when highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and other
 5 speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b) or (g) or
 6 paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of
 7 this article. The commissioner, in consultation with the superintendent
 8 of the division of state police, shall determine the location of the
 9 highway construction or maintenance work areas located on a highway in
 10 which to install and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems.
 11 In selecting a highway construction or maintenance work area in which to
 12 install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the
 13 commissioner shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, the
 14 speed data, crash history, and roadway geometry applicable to such high-
 15 way cons