New York S 10034: Authorizes and empowers each municipality of the state and the department of transportation to implement a program for imposing fines for littering using photo violation-monitoring systems

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S10034 Summary:

BILL NOS10034 

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Amd §1220, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L

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Authorizes and empowers each municipality of the state and the department of transportation to implement a program for imposing fines for littering using photo violation-monitoring systems.

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04/24/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10034

 IN SENATE

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 authorizing
 and empowering each municipality of the state and the department of
 transportation to implement a program for imposing fines for littering
 using photo violation-monitoring systems; and to amend the public
 officers law, in relation to accessing records

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1220 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding two new subdivisions (d) and (e) to read as follows:
 3 (d) 1. For purposes of this subdivision, the term:
 4 (A) "owner" shall have the meaning provided in article two-B of this
 5 chapter.
 6 (B) "photo violation-monitoring system" shall mean a vehicle sensor
 7 which automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more micro-
 8 photographs, a videotape or other recorded images of a vehicle at the
 9 time an occupant of such vehicle violates the provisions of this
 10 section.
 11 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each municipality of
 12 the state is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local
 13 law or ordinance establishing a program imposing monetary liability on
 14 the owner of a vehicle for failure of an occupant thereof to comply with
 15 the provisions of this section in such municipality in accordance with
 16 the provisions of this subdivision.
 17 3. Any participating municipality shall utilize necessary technologies
 18 to ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such
 19 photo violation-monitoring systems shall not include images that identi-
 20 fy the driver, the passengers, or the contents of the vehicle. Provided,
 21 however, that no notice of liability issued pursuant to this section
 22 shall be dismissed solely because a photograph or photographs allow for
 23 the identification of the contents of a vehicle, provided that such
 24 municipality has made a reasonable effort to comply with the provisions
 25 of this subdivision.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13945-03-6

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 1 4. In any municipality which has adopted a local law or ordinance
 2 pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, the owner of a vehicle
 3 shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if such
 4 vehicle was used or operated with the permission of the owner, express
 5 or implied, and an occupant thereof violated the provisions of this
 6 section, and such violation is evidenced by information obtained from a
 7 photo violation-monitoring system; provided however that no owner of a
 8 vehicle shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section
 9 where the operator of such vehicle has been convicted of the underlying
 10 violation of this section.
 11 5. A certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a technician employed by the
 12 municipality in which the charged violation occurred, or a facsimile
 13 thereof, based upon inspection of photographs, microphotographs, vide-
 14 otape or other recorded images produced by a photo violation-monitoring
 15 system, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
 16 Any photographs, microphotographs, videotape or other recorded images
 17 evidencing such a violation shall be available for inspection in any
 18 proceeding to adjudicate the liability for such violati