New York S 10306: Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the town of Rotterdam

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S10306 Summary:

BILL NOS10306 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11104

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1180-i, V & T L; amd §87, Pub Off L

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Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the town of Rotterdam; repeals authorization of such program on December 31, 2031.

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05/12/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10306

 IN SENATE

 May 12, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 and the public officers law,
 in relation to establishing a school speed zone camera demonstration
 program in the town of Rotterdam; 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 1180-i to read as follows:
 3 § 1180-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with
 4 certain posted maximum speed limits; town of Rotterdam. (a) 1. Notwith-
 5 standing any other provision of law, the town of Rotterdam is hereby
 6 authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary
 7 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
 8 to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within
 9 such town (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
 10 paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
 11 eighty of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as
 12 provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
 13 eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days
 14 during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school
 15 day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to
 16 thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately
 17 after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower
 18 the town of Rotterdam to install photo speed violation monitoring
 19 systems within no more than ten school speed zones within such town and
 20 to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a school speed
 21 limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision
 22 (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when other
 23 speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or
 24 (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during the follow-
 25 ing times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before
 26 and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15408-02-6

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 1 activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and
 2 up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities. In
 3 selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate a photo
 4 speed violation monitoring system, the town shall consider criteria
 5 including, but not limited to, the speed data, crash history, and the
 6 roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.
 7 2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
 8 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 9 fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 10 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
 11 subdivision. The town shall install signs giving notice that a photo
 12 speed violation monitoring system is in use to be mounted on advance
 13 warning signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
 14 speed zone and/or on speed limit signs applicable within such school
 15 speed zone, in conformance with standards established in the MUTCD.
 16 3. Operators of photo speed violation monitori