* § 1111-c-1. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\nbus operation-related traffic regulations. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized and\nempowered to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\nliability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof\nto comply with bus operation-related traffic regulations, in accordance\nwith the provisions of this section. The New York city department of\ntransportation and/or applicable mass transit agency, for purposes of\nthe implementation of such program, shall operate bus operation-related\nphoto devices that may be stationary or mobile and shall be activated at\nlocations determined by such department of transportation and/or on\nbuses selected by such department of transportation in consultation with\nthe applicable mass transit agency.\n 2. Any photographs, microphotographs, videotape or other recorded\nimages captured by bus operation-related photo devices shall be\ninadmissible in any disciplinary proceeding convened by the applicable\nmass transit agency or any subsidiary thereof and any proceeding\ninitiated by the department involving licensure privileges of bus\noperators. Any mobile bus operation-related photo device mounted on a\nbus shall be directed outwardly from such bus to capture images of\nvehicles operated in violation of bus operation-related traffic\nregulations, and images produced by such device shall not be used for\nany other purpose in the absence of a court order requiring such images\nto be produced.\n 3. (i) The city of New York shall adopt and enforce measures to\nprotect the privacy of drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists\nwhose identity and identifying information may be captured by a bus\noperation-related photo device. Such measures shall include:\n (A) utilization of necessary technologies to ensure, to the extent\npracticable, that photographs, microphotographs, videotape or other\nrecorded images produced by such bus operation-related photo devices\nshall not include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or\nthe contents of the vehicle. Provided, however, that no notice of\nliability issued pursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely\nbecause such a photograph, microphotograph, videotape or other recorded\nimage allows for the identification of the driver, the passengers, or\nthe contents of a vehicle where the city shows that it made reasonable\nefforts to comply with the provisions of this paragraph in such case;\n (B) the installation of signage that is clearly visible to drivers at\nregular intervals along and adjacent to roadways upon which mobile\nand/or stationary bus operation-related photo devices are operated\npursuant to a demonstration program authorized pursuant to this section\nstating that mobile and/or stationary bus operation-related photo\ndevices are used to enforce bus operation-related traffic regulations,\nin conformance with standards established in the MUTCD; and\n (C) oversight procedures to ensure compliance with the privacy\nprotection measures under this subdivision.\n (ii) Photographs, microphotographs, videotape or any other recorded\nimage from a bus operation-related photo device shall be for the\nexclusive use of the city of New York for the purpose of the\nadjudication of liability imposed pursuant to this section and of the\nowner receiving a notice of liability pursuant to this section, and\nshall be destroyed by such city upon the final resolution of the notice\nof liability to which such photographs, microphotographs, videotape or\nother recorded images relate, or one year following the date of issuance\nof such notice of liability, whichever is later. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,\nphotographs, microphotographs, videotape or any other recorded image\nfrom a bus operation-related photo device shall not be open to the\npublic, n
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