BILL NUMBER: S1508
SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
photographs of all parking violations
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require that purchases of equipment and technology be able to support
that photographic evidence of parking violations. Also, to require that
photographic evidence of parking violations be available and kept on
record for all parking violation summons issued.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, vehicle Owners who receive a parking violation notice are not
provided with any photographic evidence that demonstrates why they
received the violation. Often, in trying to contest these violations,
the vehicle owner must bear the burden of proving their innocence.
This bill requires that the violations issuing agency be able to produce
and .maintain photographic evidence of the violation for the vehicle
owner's review.
This photograph would help demonstrate to the owner the circumstances
under which they received the parking violation. The vehicle owner may
not have been aware of the violation (e.g., the original ticket was lost
due to wind or rain) and would be more inclined to pay the fine when
presented with photographic evidence. Alternately, in cases where the
ticket was issued falsely or erroneously, the photograph would allow the
vehicle owner to demonstrate why the violation should be dismissed. It
could also allow the owner to demonstrate any of the mitigating circum-
stances for consideration, such as construction or poorfillegible
signage. This bill would mandate that equipment that would support
photographic documentation of parking violations will be purchased when-
ever obsolete equipment needs to be replaced.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
01/03/24 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/20/23 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/05/22 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD

Statutes affected:
S1508: 237 vehicle and traffic law, 238 vehicle and traffic law, 238(2) vehicle and traffic law, 238(2-a) vehicle and traffic law