S 1511: Provides that persons charged with a parking violation shall be able to make an electronic court appearance unless a locality elects not to permit electronic appearances.
The bill aims to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law to provide electronic appearances for parking violations. It allows individuals to appear electronically in hearings, with the option to consult with an attorney or legal advisor remotely. The bill also ensures that electronic appearances are recorded and provides an opportunity for parties to request termination and adjournment due to technological issues or inadequate consultation time. Additionally, the bill clarifies that electronic appearances are only available to individuals under the age of 18 and does not limit a bureau's authority to excuse a charged person's appearance. The bill also requires that notice of violation contain information advising the person charged of the manner and time to plead or contest the violation, and that failure to do so may be deemed an admission of liability.<br>This act allows for electronic heari…
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| Jun. 04, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1511 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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, in relation to electronic appearances for parking violations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. To adopt rules and regulations prescribing electronic appearances 4 at hearings adjudicating parking violations; 5 § 2. Section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 6 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 7 3. Parking violations. A person charged with a parking violation may 8 enter a plea of not guilty, personally or through an authorized repre- 9 sentative, to obtain a hearing either in person or through electronic 10 appearance. Such plea may be entered in person at any parking violations 11 bureau office, via first-class mail or electronically on the bureau's 12 website. The parking violations bureau shall advise the party making the 13 plea through first class mail or electronically through email that the 14 hearing shall be conducted in the manner selected by the respondent or 15 their authorized representative. In all instances, the parking 16 violations bureau shall permit the electronic submission of documenta- 17 tion and evidence for all hearings, adjournment requests, and other 18 requests for information up until the date and time of such scheduled 19 hearing, and such submissions shall constitute a permanent record to be 20 maintained by the parking violations bureau for a minimum of eight years 21 and three months. Electronic signature and electronic notaries shall be 22 treated in the same manner as printed material and physical filings by a 23 respondent or their authorized representative or legal counsel shall not 24 be required. A video recording shall be made contemporaneously with any EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02077-01-5S. 1511 2 1 electronic appearance or hearing and may be introduced as evidence in 2 any future proceedings relating to such violation. 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.