New York S 7669: Enacts the "protect our pedestrians (POP) act"

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S07669 Summary:

BILL NOS07669 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08498

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SPONSORMARTINS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1174-b, V & T L

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Permits villages located in counties with a population between one million and one million five hundred thirty thousand to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program.

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BILL NOS07669 

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04/28/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7669

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 owner
 liability for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs in
 certain villages

 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 the "protect
 2 our pedestrians (POP) act".
 3 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1174-b to read as follows:
 5 § 1174-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a stop
 6 sign in certain villages. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
 7 law, any village located within a county in the state of New York with a
 8 population between one million and one million five hundred thirty thou-
 9 sand is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law
 10 or ordinance establishing a demonstration program imposing monetary
 11 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
 12 to comply with subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred seventy-two of
 13 this article. Such demonstration program shall empower such village to
 14 install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems which
 15 may be stationary or mobile, and which may be installed on stop signs
 16 within the boundaries of such village.
 17 (b) Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies to
 18 ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such
 19 stop sign photo violation monitoring systems shall not include images
 20 that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents of the vehi-
 21 cle. Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued pursuant to
 22 this section shall be dismissed solely because a photograph or photo-
 23 graphs allow for the identification of the driver, passengers, or the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11641-02-5

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 1 contents of a vehicle, provided that such village has made a reasonable
 2 effort to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
 3 (c) In any such village which has adopted a local law or ordinance
 4 pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the owner of a vehicle
 5 shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if such
 6 vehicle was used or operated with the permission of the owner, express
 7 or implied, in violation of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred
 8 seventy-two of this article, and such violation is evidenced by informa-
 9 tion obtained from a stop sign photo violation monitoring system.
 10 (d) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 11 following meanings:
 12 1. "Owner" shall have the meaning as defined pursuant to section two
 13 hundred thirty-nine of this chapter.
 14 2. "Village" shall mean any village located within a county in the
 15 state with a population between one million and one million five hundred
 16 thirty thousand.
 17 3. "Stop sign photo violation monitoring system" shall mean a vehicle
 18 sensor installed to work in conjunction with a stop sign which automat-
 19 ically