New York S 7947: Relates to owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs in the village of Southampton, county of Suffolk

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S07947 Summary:

BILL NOS07947A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08535-A

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1174-b, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L

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Permits the village of Southampton located in Suffolk county 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 village to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program.

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BILL NOS07947A

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 7947A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7947--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law,
 in relation to owner liability for failure of an operator to comply
 with stop signs in the village of Southampton, county of Suffolk; and
 providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1174-b to read as follows:
 3 § 1174-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a stop
 4 sign in the village of Southampton. (a) Notwithstanding any other
 5 provision of law, the village of Southampton located within the county
 6 of Suffolk is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local
 7 law or ordinance establishing a demonstration program imposing monetary
 8 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
 9 to comply with subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred seventy-two of
 10 this article. Such demonstration program shall empower such village to
 11 install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems which
 12 may be stationary or mobile, and which may be installed on stop signs
 13 within the boundaries of such village.
 14 (b) Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies to
 15 ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such
 16 stop sign photo violation monitoring systems shall not include images
 17 that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents of the vehi-
 18 cle. Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued pursuant to
 19 this section shall be dismissed solely because a photograph or photo-
 20 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.
 LBD11881-03-5

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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 the village of Southampton.
 15 3. "Stop sign photo violation monitoring system" shall mean a vehicle
 16 sensor installed to work in conjunction with a stop sign which automat-
 17 icall