BILL NUMBER: S6241
SPONSOR: WEBER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in
relation to allowing boards of cooperative educational services to
install school bus stop sign cameras
 
PURPOSE:
This bill would permit boards of cooperative education services to
install school bus stop sign cameras on their vehicles.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law to include
boards of cooperative educational services as entities that may install
stop sign cameras on buses they operate or contract with to operate.
Section two of the bill amends the education law to allow the board of a
board of cooperative educational services to enter into an agreement for
the installation and use of school bus stop sign cameras.
Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2019, New York enacted legislation to permit the installation of
school bus stop sign cameras. Unfortunately, the statute as currently
written only allows for school districts to install these cameras
following adoption of local laws. This leaves boards of cooperative
educational services unable to install such cameras. This bill amends
the 2019 law to allow for BOCES to install cameras on the buses they
operate.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S6241: 1950 education law