S 8344: Extends provisions and makes technical corrections to school speed zones in NYC; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8344 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing in a city with a population of one million or more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices, in relation to making technical corrections and extending such provisions related thereto; and to repeal certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as added by section 3 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is 3 REPEALED. 4 § 2. Subdivision 12 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 5 added by section 3-a of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is REPEALED. 6 § 3. Chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, amending the vehicle and traffic 7 law and the public officers law relating to establishing in a city 8 with a population of one million or more a demonstration program imple- 9 menting speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by 10 means of photo devices, is amended by adding a new section 3-b to read 11 as follows: 12 § 3-b. Section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 13 a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 14 13. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivi- 15 sion (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this 16 chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chap- 17 ter. 18 § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 239 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 19 added by section 5-a of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is REPEALED. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13319-01-5 
 S. 8344 2 1 § 5. Section 15 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, amending the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing 3 in a city with a population of one million or more a demonstration 4 program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in school speed 5 zones by means of photo devices, the opening paragraph as amended by 6 chapter 229 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 7 § 15. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 8 have become a law [and]; provided, however, that sections three-b, five, 9 ten, thirteen and fourteen shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 10 [2025] 2030; and provided further that any rules necessary for the 11 implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on 12 or before such effective date[, provided that: 13 (a) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 235 of the vehicle and 14 traffic law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expira- 15 tion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when 16 upon such date the provisions of section one-a of this act shall take 17 effect; 18 (b) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law made 19 by section one-a of this act shall not affect the expiration of such 20 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the 21 provisions of section one-b of this act shall take effect; 22 (c) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law made 23 by section one-b of this act shall not affect the expiration of such 24 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the 25 provisions of section one-c of this act shall take effect; 26 (d) the amendments to section 235 of the vehicle and traffic law made 27 by section one-c of this act shall not affect the expiration of such 28 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the 29 provisions of section one-d of this act shall take effect; 30 (e) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and 31 traffic law made by section two of this act shall not affect the expira- 32 tion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when 33 upon such date the provisions of section two-a of this act shall take 34 effect; 35 (f) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and 36 traffic law made by section two-a of this act shall not affect the expi- 37 ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when 38 upon such date the provisions of section two-b of this act shall take 39 effect; 40 (g) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 236 of the vehicle and 41 traffic law made by section two-b of this act shall not affect the expi- 42 ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, when 43 upon such date the provisions of section two-c of this act shall take 44 effect; 45 (h) the amendments to subdivision 12 of section 237 of the vehicle and 46 traffic law made by section three of this act shall not affect the 47 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith, 48 when upon such date the provisions of section three-a of this act shall 49 take effect; 50 (h-1) the amendments to subdivision 11 of section 237 of the vehicle 51 and traffic law made by section three-a of this act shall not affect the 52 expiration and reversion of such subdivision and shall be deemed 53 repealed therewith; 54 (i) the amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of 55 the vehicle and traffic law made by section four of this act shall not 56 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire 
 S. 8344 3 1 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section four-a of this 2 act shall take effect; 3 (j) the amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of 4 the vehicle and traffic law made by section four-a of this act shall not 5 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire 6 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section four-b of this 7 act shall take effect; 8 (k) the amendments to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 239 of 9 the vehicle and traffic law made by section four-b of this act shall not 10 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire 11 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section four-c of this 12 act shall take effect; 13 (l) the amendments to subdivision 4 of section 239 of the vehicle and 14 traffic law made by section five of this act shall not affect the repeal 15 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith, when 16 upon such date the provisions of section five-a of this act shall take 17 effect; 18 (m) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the 19 vehicle and traffic law made by section six of this act shall not affect 20 the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there- 21 with, when upon such date the provisions of section six-a of this act 22 shall take effect; 23 (n) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the 24 vehicle and traffic law made by section six-a of this act shall not 25 affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire 26 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-b of this 27 act shall take effect; 28 (o) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 240 of the 29 vehicle and traffic law made by section six-b of this act shall not 30 affect the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire 31 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-c of this 32 act shall take effect; 33 (p) the amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 34 240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section seven of this act 35 shall not affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed 36 to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section 37 seven-a of this act shall take effect; 38 (q) the amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 39 240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section seven-a of this act 40 shall not affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed 41 to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section 42 seven-b of this act shall take effect; 43 (r) the amendments to paragraphs a and g of subdivision 2 of section 44 240 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section seven-b of this act 45 shall not affect the expiration of such paragraphs and shall be deemed 46 to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section 47 seven-c of this act shall take effect; 48 (s) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi- 49 cle and traffic law made by section eight of this act shall not affect 50 the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there- 51 with, when upon such date the provisions of section eight-a of this act 52 shall take effect; 53 (t) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi- 54 cle and traffic law made by section eight-a of this act shall not affect 55 the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there- 
 S. 8344 4 1 with, when upon such date the provisions of section eight-b of this act 2 shall take effect; 3 (u) the amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 241 of the vehi- 4 cle and traffic law made by section eight-b of this act shall not affect 5 the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there- 6 with, when upon such date the provisions of section eight-c of this act 7 shall take effect; 8 (v) the amendments to subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 9 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section nine 10 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall 11 be deemed to expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of 12 section nine-a of this act shall take effect; 13 (w) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of 14 the vehicle and traffic law made by section nine-a of this act shall not 15 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire 16 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section nine-b of this 17 act shall take effect; 18 (x) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of 19 the vehicle and traffic law made by section nine-b of this act shall not 20 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire 21 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section nine-c of this 22 act shall take effect; 23 (y) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and 24 traffic law made by section eleven of this act shall not affect the 25 expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, 26 when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-a of this act shall 27 take effect; 28 (z) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and 29 traffic law made by section eleven-a of this act shall not affect the 30 expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith, 31 when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-b of this act shall 32 take effect; 33 (aa) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle 34 and traffic law made by section eleven-b of this act shall not affect 35 the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire there- 36 with, when upon such date the provisions of section eleven-c of this act 37 shall take effect; 38 (bb) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e 39 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section twelve of this act shall 40 not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to 41 expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section twelve-a 42 of this act shall take effect; and 43 (cc) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e 44 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section twelve-a of this act 45 shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to 46 expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section twelve-b 47 of this act shall take effect; and 48 (dd) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 1809-e 49 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section twelve-b of this act 50 shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to 51 expire therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section twelve-c 52 of this act shall take effect]. 53 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.