New York S 8617: Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Colonie

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S08617 Summary:

BILL NOS08617 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09375

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SPONSORASHBY

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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 village of Colonie; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.

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BILL NOS08617 

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12/15/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8617

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 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 village of Colonie; 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; village of Colonie. (a) 1.
 5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the village of Colonie is
 6 hereby 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 village (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 village of Colonie to install photo speed violation monitoring
 19 systems within no more than twenty school speed zones within such
 20 village at any one time and to operate such systems within such zones
 21 (iii) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs
 22 one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this
 23 article or (iv) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14143-01-5

 S. 8617 2

 1 subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of
 2 this article during the following times: (A) on school days during
 3 school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and
 4 (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty
 5 minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after
 6 such student activities. In selecting a school speed zone in which to
 7 install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the
 8 village shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, the speed
 9 data, crash history, and the roadway geometry applicable to such school
 10 speed zone.
 11 2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
 12 school speed zone unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has success-
 13 fully passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an
 14 annual calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this
 15 subdivision. The village shall install signs giving notice that a photo
 16 speed violation monitoring system is in use to be mounted on advance
 17 warning signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming school
 18 speed zone and/or on speed limit signs applicable within such school
 19 speed zone, in conformance with stan