New York A 10061: Authorizes the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in highway construction or maintenance work areas on all highways

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A10061 Summary:

BILL NOA10061 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08882

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1180-e, V & T L

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Authorizes the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in highway construction or maintenance work areas on all highways in the state.

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BILL NOA10061 

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01/30/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10061

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting
 the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in highway
 construction or maintenance work areas on all state highways

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-e of the
 2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 58
 3 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of
 5 transportation is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program
 6 imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
 7 operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a highway
 8 construction or maintenance work area [located on a controlled-access
 9 highway] (i) when highway construction or maintenance work is occurring
 10 and a work area speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of
 11 subdivision (d) or subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of
 12 this article or (ii) when highway construction or maintenance work is
 13 occurring and other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivi-
 14 sion (b) or (g) or paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven
 15 hundred eighty of this article. Such demonstration program shall empower
 16 the commissioner to install photo speed violation monitoring systems
 17 within no more than forty highway construction or maintenance work areas
 18 [located on controlled-access highways] and to operate such systems
 19 within such work areas (iii) when highway construction or maintenance
 20 work is occurring and a work area speed limit is in effect as provided
 21 in paragraph two of subdivision (d) or subdivision (f) of section eleven
 22 hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when highway construction or
 23 maintenance work is occurring and other speed limits are in effect as
 24 provided in subdivision (b) or (g) or paragraph one of subdivision (d)
 25 of section eleven hundred eighty of this article. The commissioner, in
 26 consultation with the superintendent of the division of state police,
 27 shall determine the location of the highway construction or maintenance

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14368-01-6

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 1 work areas [located on a controlled-access highway] in which to install
 2 and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems. In selecting a
 3 highway construction or maintenance work area in which to install and
 4 operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the commissioner
 5 shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, the speed data,
 6 crash history, and roadway geometry applicable to such highway
 7 construction or maintenance work area. A photo speed violation monitor-
 8 ing system shall not be installed or operated on a controlled-access
 9 highway exit ramp.
 10 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1180-e of the vehicle and traffic law,
 11 as amended by section 2 of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 2025, is
 12 amended to read as follows:
 13 (b) If the commissioner or chair of the thruway authority, Triborough
 14 bridge and tunnel authority, or bridge authority establishes a demon-
 15 stration program pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the owner
 16 of a vehicle shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this
 17 section if such vehicle was used or