* § 1180-e. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; highway construction or maintenance\nwork area.\n (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of\ntransportation is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program\nimposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an\noperator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a highway\nconstruction or maintenance work area located on a highway (i) when\nhighway construction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area\nspeed limit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d)\nor subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or\n(ii) when highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and\nother speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b) or (g)\nor paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis article. Such demonstration program shall empower the commissioner\nto install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than\nforty highway construction or maintenance work areas located on highways\nand to operate such systems within such work areas (iii) when highway\nconstruction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area speed\nlimit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d) or\nsubdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv)\nwhen highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and other\nspeed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b) or (g) or\nparagraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis article. The commissioner, in consultation with the superintendent\nof the division of state police, shall determine the location of the\nhighway construction or maintenance work areas located on a highway in\nwhich to install and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems.\nIn selecting a highway construction or maintenance work area in which to\ninstall and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the\ncommissioner shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, the\nspeed data, crash history, and roadway geometry applicable to such\nhighway construction or maintenance work area. A photo speed violation\nmonitoring system shall not be installed or operated on a highway exit\nramp.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after holding a public\nhearing in accordance with the public officers law and subsequent\napproval of the establishment of a demonstration program in accordance\nwith this section by a majority of the members of the entire board of\nthe thruway authority, the chair of the thruway authority is hereby\nauthorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\nliability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof\nto comply with posted maximum speed limits in a highway construction or\nmaintenance work area located on the thruway (i) when highway\nconstruction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area speed\nlimit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d) or\nsubdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (ii)\nwhen highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and other\nspeed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b) or (g) or\nparagraph one of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis article. Such demonstration program shall empower such chair to\ninstall photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than\ntwenty highway construction or maintenance work areas located on the\nthruway and to operate such systems within such work areas (iii) when\nhighway construction or maintenance work is occurring and a work area\nspeed limit is in effect as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (d)\nor subdivision (f) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or\n(iv) when highway construction or maintenance work is occurring and\
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