New York A 7995: Relates to the weigh in motion demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county

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A07995 Summary:

BILL NOA07995 

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Amd §385-a, V & T L; amd §16, Chap 773 of 2021

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Relates to the weigh in motion monitoring systems and the data generated in conjunction with such systems pursuant to a demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county; extends the authorization for such program.

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04/16/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7995

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the weigh in
 motion demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county;
 and to amend chapter 773 of the laws of 2021, amending the vehicle
 and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing a
 demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county to
 enforce vehicle weight restriction on such interstate by means of
 mobile or stationary weigh in motion systems, in relation to extend-
 ing the provisions thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 385-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 773 of the laws of 2021, paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) as
 3 amended by chapter 253 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 385-a. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with weight
 6 restrictions on interstate route 278 in Kings county. (a) 1. Notwith-
 7 standing any other provision of law, the city of New York is hereby
 8 authorized to establish a weigh in motion demonstration program on
 9 interstate route 278 in Kings county imposing monetary liability on the
 10 owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with
 11 gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions on such portion of
 12 such interstate in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such
 13 demonstration program shall empower the city of New York to install and
 14 operate up to sixteen weigh in motion violation monitoring systems at
 15 any one time on interstate route 278 in Kings county. Such systems may
 16 be stationary or mobile and may be activated at locations on such
 17 portion of such interstate as determined by the New York city department
 18 of transportation. The New York state department of transportation may
 19 enter into a memorandum of [understanding] agreement with the New York

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10759-03-5

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 1 city department of transportation for the purposes of coordinating the
 2 planning, design, installation, construction and maintenance of such
 3 weigh in motion demonstration program. Such memorandum shall address,
 4 for purposes of such demonstration program, the use of systems, devices
 5 and other facilities owned and operated by the state.
 6 2. No weigh in motion violation monitoring system shall be used unless
 7 (i) on the day it is to be used it has undergone a self-test for the
 8 operation of such system; and (ii) it has undergone a [semi-annual]
 9 calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph three of this subdivi-
 10 sion. A result of the daily self-test for each such system shall include
 11 the date and time that the self-test was successfully performed. The
 12 city of New York shall retain each such daily self-test until the later
 13 of the date on which the weigh in motion system to which it applies has
 14 been permanently removed from use or the final resolution of all cases
 15 involving notices of liability issued based on photographs, microphoto-
 16 graphs, video or other recorded images, and identifying information
 17 [and] or data generated in conjunction therewith, produced by such
 18 system.
 19 3. Each weigh in motion violation m