New York S 7953: Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras

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S07953 Summary:

BILL NOS07953 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOONEY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1174-a & 1180-e, V & T L; amd §370, Gen Muni L

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Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras; makes technical amendments thereto.

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BILL NOS07953 

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7953

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 school bus
 stop-arm cameras; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation
 to the establishment of traffic violations bureaus

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 1174-a of the vehicle and traf-
 2 fic law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (h) [Adjudication of the liability imposed upon owners by this section
 5 shall be by a traffic violations bureau established pursuant to section
 6 three hundred seventy of the general municipal law where the violation
 7 occurred or, if there be none, by the court having jurisdiction over
 8 traffic infractions where the violation occurred, except that if a city
 9 has established an administrative tribunal to hear and determine
 10 complaints of traffic infractions constituting parking, standing or
 11 stopping violations such city may, by local law, authorize such adjudi-
 12 cation by such tribunal.] Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 13 adjudication of the liability imposed upon owners by this section who
 14 have submitted a request to contest liability shall be by the adminis-
 15 trative tribunal designated by the county, city, town or village which
 16 has established the demonstration program.
 17 (i) Within thirty-seven days of receipt of a timely request to contest
 18 liability, the county, city, town, or village imposing liability shall
 19 provide a copy of the notice of liability and the request to contest
 20 liability, including the manner for contesting liability selected by the
 21 owner to the applicable administrative tribunal which shall thereafter
 22 have jurisdiction over the matter. If an in-person hearing is
 23 requested, the administrative tribunal shall set a date for such hear-
 24 ing, and, in its sole discretion, may provide options for the hearing to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13028-02-5

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 1 be held via online video conference. The administrative tribunal or its
 2 designee, which may be any other entity authorized by such county, city,
 3 town or village, shall mail a notice of hearing to the owner, which
 4 shall include the date and time of the hearing. A manual or automatic
 5 record of mailing prepared in the ordinary course of business shall be
 6 prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein. In lieu of an
 7 in-person or hearing by online video conference, the administrative
 8 tribunal may, in its discretion, provide the owner an option to chal-
 9 lenge liability through submission of a written explanation.
 10 (ii) In all manners in which the owner challenges the liability, due
 11 process shall govern the proceedings except that the rules of evidence
 12 shall not apply. The decision of the hearing officer shall be based
 13 upon a preponderance of the evidence. During the hearing, or in prepara-
 14 tion thereof, the hearing officer shall access and review photographs,
 15 microphotographs, videotapes, other recorded images and data produced by
 16 school bus photo violation monitoring systems in the custody of the
 17 county, city, town or village in which the violation occurred, or any
 18 other entity authorized by such county, city, town or village. The
 19 hearing officer shall also review documentation