* § 1111-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the county of Nassau is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration program\nimposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an\noperator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in such\ncounty in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such\ndemonstration program shall empower such county to install and operate\ntraffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more\nthan one hundred intersections within and under the jurisdiction of such\ncounty at any one time.\n 2. Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies to\nensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs produced by such\ntraffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems shall not\ninclude images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the contents\nof the vehicle. Provided, however, that no notice of liability issued\npursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely because a photograph\nor photographs allow for the identification of the contents of a\nvehicle, provided that such county has made a reasonable effort to\ncomply with the provisions of this paragraph.\n (b) In any such county which has adopted a local law or ordinance\npursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the owner of a vehicle\nshall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if such\nvehicle was used or operated with the permission of the owner, express\nor implied, in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred\neleven of this article, and such violation is evidenced by information\nobtained from a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring\nsystem; provided however that no owner of a vehicle shall be liable for\na penalty imposed pursuant to this section where the operator of such\nvehicle has been convicted of the underlying violation of subdivision\n(d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this article.\n (c) For purposes of this section, "owner" shall have the meaning\nprovided in article two-B of this chapter. For purposes of this section,\n"traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system" shall mean a\nvehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with a traffic-control\nsignal which automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more\nmicrophotographs, a videotape or other recorded images of each vehicle\nat the time it is used or operated in violation of subdivision (d) of\nsection eleven hundred eleven of this article.\n (d) A certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a technician employed by\nNassau county in which the charged violation occurred, or a facsimile\nthereof, based upon inspection of photographs, microphotographs,\nvideotape or other recorded images produced by a traffic-control signal\nphoto violation-monitoring system, shall be prima facie evidence of the\nfacts contained therein. Any photographs, microphotographs, videotape or\nother recorded images evidencing such a violation shall be available for\ninspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability for such\nviolation pursuant to a local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this\nsection.\n (e) An owner liable for a violation of subdivision (d) of section\neleven hundred eleven of this article pursuant to a local law or\nordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be liable for monetary\npenalties in accordance with a schedule of fines and penalties to be set\nforth in such local law or ordinance. The liability of the owner\npursuant to this section shall not exceed fifty dollars for each\nviolation; provided, however, that such local law or ordinance may\nprovide for an additional penalty not in excess of twenty-five dollars\nfor each violation for the failure to respond to a notice of liability\nwithin the prescribed time period.\n (f) An imposition of lia
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