New York A 8506: Authorizes the village of Quogue, town of Southampton, in Suffolk county to establish demonstration programs imposing monetary liability for failure of operators to comply with posted speed limits

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A08506 Summary:

BILL NOA08506A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07946-B

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SPONSORSchiavoni

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Authorizes the village of Quogue in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits.

Go to top A08506 Actions:

BILL NOA08506A

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05/20/2025referred to transportation

10/20/2025amend and recommit to transportation

10/20/2025print number 8506a

01/07/2026referred to transportation

06/17/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8506--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law,
 in relation to authorizing the village of Quogue in the town of South-
 ampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program impos-
 ing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
 operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits; 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-h to read as follows:
 3 § 1180-h. Owner liability for failure of the operator to comply with
 4 certain posted maximum speed limits; village of Quogue, town of South-
 5 ampton, county of Suffolk. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 6 law, the village of Quogue, in the town of Southampton, county of
 7 Suffolk is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program impos-
 8 ing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an oper-
 9 ator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits on any road in
 10 such village in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such
 11 village, for purposes of the implementation of the demonstration
 12 program, shall operate photo speed violation monitoring systems within
 13 such village at no more than five locations at any one time during any
 14 year of such program. Such photo speed violation monitoring systems may
 15 be stationary or mobile and shall be activated at locations selected by
 16 such village. Such photo speed violation monitoring systems shall be
 17 placed at locations based on criteria, including but not limited to
 18 whether the location is within a quarter mile of a school, speeding
 19 data, accident history, proximity to facilities for senior citizens or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13041-05-5

 A. 8506--A 2

 1 disabled persons, roadway geometry and equitable geographic distrib-
 2 ution.
 3 2. No photo speed violation monitoring system shall be used in a
 4 village authorized to establish a demonstration program pursuant to this
 5 section unless (i) on the day it is to be used it has successfully
 6 passed a self-test of its functions; and (ii) it has undergone an annual
 7 calibration check performed pursuant to paragraph four of this subdivi-
 8 sion. The village shall install signs giving notice that a photo speed
 9 violation monitoring system is in use to be mounted on advance warning
 10 signs notifying motor vehicle operators of such upcoming speed zone
 11 and/or on speed limit signs applicable within such speed zone, in
 12 conformance with standards established in the MUTCD.
 13 3. Operators of photo speed violation monitoring systems shall have
 14 completed training in the procedures for setting up, testing, and oper-
 15 ating such systems. Each such operator shall complete and sign a daily
 16 set-up log for each such system that the village operates that (i)
 17 states the date and t