City Council:
RESOLUTION FOR HOME RULE REQUEST IN
SUPPORT OF THE STATE SENATE ASSEMBLY
BILL NO. A8446A AND BILL NO. S05646-A
AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW AND THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IN
RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF
MOUNT VERNON TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL
SPEED ZONE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF SUCH
PROVISIONS UPON EXPIRATION THEREOF
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon is hereby authorized to establish a school speed zone demonstration program; authorized to install in no more than twenty school speed zones in such city; and
Whereas, the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law are amended by adding a new section 1180-h to read as follows:
? 1180-h. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits; Mt. Vernon.
(a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Mt. Vernon is hereby authorized 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 in a school speed zone within such city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article during the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities. Such demonstration program shall empower the city of Mt. Vernon to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more tha...
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