N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1803: Disposition of fines and forfeitures

§ 1803. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. 1. Except as otherwise

provided in subdivision five of section two hundred twenty-seven of this

chapter and as provided in section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this

chapter, section ninety of the state finance law and sections fourteen-f

and one hundred forty of the transportation law, all fines and penalties

collected under a sentence or judgment of conviction of a violation of

this chapter or of any act relating to the use of highways by motor

vehicles or trailers, now in force or hereafter enacted, shall be

distributed in the following manner:

a. for a violation which occurs in a city, town or suburban town, any

fine or penalty shall be paid to the city, town or suburban town in

which the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any of the

provisions of title seven of this chapter, but including violations of

section eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state parks for

which the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation has

established maximum speed limits pursuant to section sixteen hundred

thirty and the violations could have been charged under either such

established maximum speed limits or another section of this chapter, and

when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to section

sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen hundred

sixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty-three or sixteen hundred seventy, and

excluding violations of sections eleven hundred eighty-two, eleven

hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, or (2) any

ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to article two-E

of the transportation law or section sixteen hundred thirty of this

chapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or by its successor, or the

County of Westchester Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation,

or the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation. For

purposes of this paragraph, violations shall be deemed to be violations

of any such ordinance, order, rule or regulation when they occur on

highways under the jurisdiction of the enumerated entities and the

violations could have been charged under either such ordinance, order,

rule or regulation or another section of this chapter.

b. for a violation which occurs in a village in which the office of

village justice is established, any fine or penalty shall be paid to the

village in which the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any

of the provisions of title seven of this chapter, but including

violations of section eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state

parks for which the office of parks, recreation and historic

preservation has established maximum speed limits pursuant to section

sixteen hundred thirty and the violations could have been charged under

either such established maximum speed limits or another section of this

chapter, and when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to

section sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four or

sixteen hundred seventy, and excluding violations of sections eleven

hundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve

of this chapter, or (2) any ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted

pursuant to article two-E of the transportation law or section sixteen

hundred thirty of this chapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or

by its successor, or the County of Westchester Department of Parks,

Recreation and Conservation, or the state office of parks, recreation

and historic preservation. For purposes of this paragraph, violations

shall be deemed to be violations of any such ordinance, order, rule or

regulation when they occur on highways under the jurisdiction of the

enumerated entities and the violations could have been charged under

either such ordinance, order, rule or regulation, or another section of

this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

paragraph, all fines, penalties and forfeitures for violation of a

village ordinance, local law or regulation adopted pursuant to the

authorization of paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section sixteen

hundred forty of this chapter prohibiting, restricting or limiting the

stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be paid to such village

whether or not the village has established the office of village

justice.

c. for compliance with or violations of subdivision nineteen of

section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter, notwithstanding any

inconsistent provision of law, except as provided in section ninety of

the state finance law, the fees and fines collected by the state

pursuant to sections two hundred twenty-seven, three hundred eighty-five

and eighteen hundred three of this chapter and section ninety-nine-a of

the state finance law, shall be made available to the state comptroller

for deposit in the general fund except that fines collected within a

city not wholly included within one county shall be paid to such city in

accordance with the procedures set forth in subdivision four of section

two hundred twenty-seven of this chapter for deposit into the general

fund of such city.

d. for violations of section eleven hundred eighty which are not

included in paragraph a or paragraph b of this subdivision, violations

of sections eleven hundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two, except

in those counties adopting a special traffic option program for driving

while intoxicated pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-seven of

this chapter, and section twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, and

violations of this chapter or of any act relating to the use of highways

by motor vehicles or trailers, now in force or hereafter enacted, for

which no other distribution is prescribed, all fines, penalties and

forfeitures shall be paid to the state.

e. for a violation which occurs within a county which has established

a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section three

hundred seventy of the general municipal law, other than parking,

standing or stopping violations except for those set forth in section

four hundred two of this chapter, and which violation is disposed of by

such agency, any fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which

the violation occurs, when such violation is of any of the provisions of

title seven of this chapter, but including violations of section eleven

hundred eighty of this chapter only when involving maximum speed limits

in state parks established by the office of parks, recreation and

historic preservation pursuant to section sixteen hundred thirty of this

chapter and when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to

section sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen

hundred sixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty-three or sixteen hundred

seventy of this chapter, and excluding violations of sections eleven

hundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve

of this chapter.

2. Whenever a defendant is arrested and arraigned before a judicial

officer authorized to conduct any proceedings in or in connection with

any prosecution triable in any local court of inferior jurisdiction of a

city or before a town court, or a village court on a charge in which the

state is entitled to all fines and penalties under a sentence or

judgment of conviction such city, town or village shall be entitled to

receive the fees set forth in section ninety-nine-l of the general

municipal law and such fees shall be a state charge and paid as provided

in section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

* 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to a city, town or

village pursuant to the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of

this section and subdivision ten of this section shall be credited to

the general fund of such city, town or village, unless a different

disposition is prescribed by charter, special law, local law or

ordinance.

* NB Effective until December 1, 2029

* 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to a city, town or

village pursuant to the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of

this section shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or

village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter,

special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Effective December 1, 2029

4. All fines, penalties and forfeitures collected in a city, upon

conviction or upon forfeiture of bail by any person charged with a

violation of any local law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation,

administrative code provision or sanitary or health code provision

adopted or continued pursuant to this chapter, shall be paid to the city

and credited to its general fund, unless a different disposition is

prescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

5. All fines, penalties and forfeitures for violations of section

eleven hundred eighty of this chapter, which relate to maximum speed

limits established by a village pursuant to sections sixteen hundred

forty-three and sixteen hundred forty-four or by a suburban town

pursuant to section sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chapter, and all

bail forfeited by the non-appearance of defendants charged with such

violations shall be paid over to the state comptroller by the court,

justice or other officer collecting the same within the first ten days

of the month following the collection, except as otherwise provided by

subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Whenever such fines, penalties and forfeitures, including bail

forfeited, in any year commencing July first shall aggregate in excess

of five dollars for each inhabitant of the village or suburban town, as

the case may be, according to the last preceding federal census, such

excess shall be the property of the state and shall be paid into the

general fund of the state treasury.

6. The comptroller from the moneys received pursuant to this section

shall, within six years from the receipt thereof, refund any fine

received pursuant to this section which was imposed by a judgment of

conviction that has been reversed and any fine, penalty or forfeiture

received by the comptroller, payment of which was not required by this

section. In any action by the state to recover fines, penalties, or

forfeitures collected more than six years before the commencement of the

action, the defendant shall be entitled to set off a claim for refund of

any such item paid to the state during the ten years preceding the

commencement of the action.

8. All fines, penalties and forfeitures referred to in subdivision one

of this section, except fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to the

commissioner of taxation and finance as required by section thirty-nine

of the judiciary law, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision

three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, shall be paid

to the state comptroller by the court, judge, magistrate or other

officer within the first ten days of the month following collection.

Every such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied by a

statement in such form and detail as the comptroller shall prescribe.

9. a. Where a county establishes a special traffic options program for

driving while intoxicated, approved by the commissioner, pursuant to

section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this chapter, all fines,

penalties and forfeitures: (1) imposed and collected for violations of

subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two or

subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section five

hundred eleven of this chapter; (2) imposed and collected in accordance

with section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter for violations

of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter; (3) collected by

any court, judge, magistrate or other officer imposed upon a conviction

for: aggravated vehicular assault, pursuant to section 120.04-a of the

penal law; vehicular assault in the first degree, pursuant to section

120.04 of the penal law; vehicular assault in the second degree,

pursuant to section 120.03 of the penal law; aggravated vehicular

homicide, pursuant to section 125.14 of the penal law; vehicular

manslaughter in the first degree, pursuant to section 125.13 of the

penal law; and vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, pursuant to

section 125.12 of the penal law; and (4) civil penalties imposed

pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-four-a of

this chapter, shall be paid to such county. In addition, any surcharges

imposed pursuant to section eighteen hundred nine-c and paragraph b of

subdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine-e of this chapter shall

be paid to such county in such manner and for such purposes as provided

for in section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this chapter.

b. Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any court,

judge, magistrate or other officer referred to in subdivision one of

section thirty-nine of the judiciary law, establishing a unified court

budget, shall be paid to that county within the first ten days of the

month following collection.

c. Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any other court,

judge, magistrate or other officer, including, where appropriate, a

hearing officer acting on behalf of the commissioner, shall be paid to

the state comptroller within the first ten days of the month following

collection. Every such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied

by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller shall provide.

The comptroller shall pay these funds to the county in which the

violation occurs.

d. Upon receipt of any monies referred to in this section, the county

shall deposit them in a separate account entitled "special traffic

options program for driving while intoxicated".

* 10. Except where adjudicated by a traffic camera violations bureau

or as otherwise provided in paragraph e of subdivision one of this

section, where a county has established a demonstration program imposing

monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator

thereof to comply with section eleven hundred seventy-four of this

chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this

chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or

other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs within such

county pursuant to such program shall be paid to the state comptroller

within the first ten days of the month following collection. Every such

payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as

the comptroller shall provide. The comptroller shall pay ninety percent

of any such fine or penalty imposed for such liability to the county in

which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred, and ten

percent of any such fine or penalty to the city, town or village in

which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2029

* 11. Where the commissioner of transportation has established a

demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a

vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with subdivision

(b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in

accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this chapter, any

fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other officer

for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such program

shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days of the

month following collection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision

three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such

payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as

the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of

subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the general fund,

and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the

city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the

liability occurred, provided, however, that within a county that has

established a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section

three hundred seventy of the general municipal law and such liability is

disposed of by such agency, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty

imposed for such liability shall be paid to the general fund, and twenty

percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which

the violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With respect to the

percentage of fines or penalties paid to the general fund, no less than

sixty percent shall be dedicated to department of transportation work

zone safety projects after deducting the expenses necessary to

administer such demonstration program, provided, however, that such

funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable on the

audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to

supplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work

zone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone

safety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the

department of transportation and shall include, but not be limited to,

inspection and implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic

plans and markings, worker safety training, contractor outreach,

enforcement efforts, radar speed display signs at major active work

zones and police presence at major active work zones, as provided in

section twenty-two of the transportation law. All fines, penalties and

forfeitures paid to a county, city, town or village pursuant to the

provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of

such county, city, town or village, unless a different disposition is

prescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed October 6, 2031

* 12. Where the chair of the New York state thruway authority has

established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the

owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of

this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this

chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or

other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to

such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten

days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in

subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions

of subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway

authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid

to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the

liability occurred, provided, however, that within a county that has

established a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section

three hundred seventy of the general municipal law and such liability is

disposed of by such agency, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty

imposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway authority, and

twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county

in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With

respect to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the thruway

authority, no less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to thruway

authority work zone safety projects after deducting the expenses

necessary to administer such demonstration program, provided, however,

that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable

on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to

supplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work

zone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone

safety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the

thruway authority and shall include, but not be limited to, inspection

and implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic plans and

markings, worker safety training, contractor outreach, enforcement

efforts, radar speed display signs at major active work zones and police

presence at major active work zones, as provided in section twenty-two

of the transportation law. For the purposes of this subdivision, the

term "thruway authority" shall mean the New York state thruway

authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public

corporation created and constituted pursuant to title nine of article

two of the public authorities law. All fines, penalties and forfeitures

paid to a county, city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of

this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such county,

city, town or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by

charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed October 6, 2031

* 13. Where the county of Westchester has established a demonstration

program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for

failure of an operator thereof to comply with subdivision (d) of section

eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven

hundred eleven-g of this chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a

court, judge, magistrate or other officer for an imposition of liability

which occurs within a city, town or village within such county pursuant

to such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first

ten days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided

in subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. The comptroller shall pay

eighty percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for such liability to

the county of Westchester, and twenty percent of any such fine or

penalty to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise

to the liability occurred. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to

a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision

shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or village,

unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter, special law,

local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2027

** 14. Where the chair of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority

has established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on

the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the

triborough bridge and tunnel authority in relation to gross vehicle

weight and/or axle weight in accordance with section three hundred

eighty-five-a of this chapter, any fine or penalty collected by the

parking violations bureau of the city of New York for an imposition of

liability which occurs pursuant to such program shall be paid to the

state comptroller within the first ten days of the month following

collection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of section

ninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such payment shall be

accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller

shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision five of

this section, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for

such liability shall be paid to the triborough bridge and tunnel

authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid

to the city of New York. With respect to the percentage of fines or

penalties paid to the triborough bridge and tunnel authority, one

hundred percent shall be dedicated to capital projects related to

triborough bridge and tunnel authority bridges and tunnels after

deducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration

program, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this

subdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the

comptroller. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "triborough

bridge and tunnel authority" shall mean the corporation organized

pursuant to section five hundred fifty-two of the public authorities

law, the term "chair" shall mean the president of the triborough bridge

and tunnel authority, and the term "covered location" shall have the

same meaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii) of paragraph

one-a of subdivision (a) of section three hundred eighty-five-a of this

chapter. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to the city of New

York pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to

the general fund of such city, unless a different disposition is

prescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2030

* NB There are two sb 14's

** 14. Where the chair of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

has established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on

the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of

this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this

chapter, any fine or penalty collected by the New York city parking

violations bureau for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant

to such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first

ten days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided

in subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions

of subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the Triborough

bridge and tunnel authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or

penalty shall be paid to the city of New York. With respect to the

percentage of fines or penalties paid to the Triborough bridge and

tunnel authority, no less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to

Triborough bridge and tunnel authority work zone safety projects after

deducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration

program, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this

subdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller

and shall only be used to supplement and not supplant current

expenditures of Triborough bridge and tunnel authority funds on work

zone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone

safety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the

Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and shall include, but not be

limited to, inspection and implementation of work zone design,

maintenance, traffic plans and markings, worker safety training,

contractor outreach, and enforcement efforts. For the purposes of this

subdivision, the term "Triborough bridge and tunnel authority" shall

mean the New York state Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, a body

corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation created

and constituted pursuant to title three of article three of the public

authorities law and the term "chair" shall mean the president of the

Triborough bridge and tunnel authority. All fines, penalties and

forfeitures paid to the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of

this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,

unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter, special law,

local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed October 6, 2031

* NB There are two sb 14's

** 15. Where the chair of the bridge authority has established a

demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a

vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with section three

hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the bridge

authority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight in

accordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter, any

fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other officer

for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such program

shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days of the

month following collection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision

three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such

payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as

the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of

subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the bridge

authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid

to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the

liability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties

paid to the bridge authority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to

capital projects related to bridge authority bridges after deducting the

expenses necessary to administer such demonstration program, provided,

however, that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be

payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller. For the purposes of

this subdivision, the term "bridge authority" shall mean the New York

state bridge authority created pursuant to section five hundred

twenty-seven of the public authorities law and the term "covered

location" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by

subparagraph (ii) of paragraph one-b of subdivision (a) of section three

hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter. All fines, penalties and

forfeitures paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions

of this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,

town or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by

charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2030

* NB There are two sb 15's

** 15. Where the chair of the New York state bridge authority has

established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the

owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of

this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this

chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or

other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to

such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten

days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in

subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions

of subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the bridge

authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid

to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the

liability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties

paid to the bridge authority, no less than sixty percent shall be

dedicated to bridge authority work zone safety projects after deducting

the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration program,

provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision

shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall

only be used to supplement and not supplant current expenditures of

bridge authority funds on work zone safety projects. For the purposes of

this subdivision, "work zone safety projects" shall apply to work zones

under the jurisdiction of the bridge authority and shall include, but

not be limited to, inspection and implementation of work zone design,

maintenance, traffic plans and markings, worker safety training,

contractor outreach, and enforcement efforts. For the purposes of this

subdivision, the term "bridge authority" shall mean the New York state

bridge authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public

benefit corporation created and constituted pursuant to title two of

article three of the public authorities law. All fines, penalties and

forfeitures paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions

of this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,

town or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by

charter, special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed October 6, 2031

* NB There are two sb 15's

* 16. Where the chair of the port authority of New York and New Jersey

has established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on

the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the

port authority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight in

accordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter, any

fine or penalty collected by the parking violations bureau of the city

of New York for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such

program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days

of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in

subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions

of subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the port authority,

and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the city

of New York where the violation giving rise to the liability occurred.

With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the port

authority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to capital projects

related to port authority bridges after deducting the expenses necessary

to administer such demonstration program, provided, however, that such

funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable on the

audit and warrant of the comptroller. For the purposes of this

subdivision, the term "port authority" shall mean the port authority of

New York and New Jersey, that body corporate and politic created

pursuant to article three of chapter one hundred fifty-four of the laws

of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and designated as "The Port Authority of

New York and New Jersey" by such chapter and the term "covered location"

shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii)

of paragraph one-c of subdivision (a) of section three hundred

eighty-five-a of this chapter. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid

to the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision

shall be credited to the general fund of such city, unless a different

disposition is prescribed by charter, special law, local law or

ordinance.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2030

* 17. Where the chair of the New York state thruway authority has

established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the

owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with

section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the

thruway authority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight

in accordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter,

any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other

officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such

program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days

of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in

subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.

Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions

of subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or

penalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway

authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid

to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the

liability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties

paid to the thruway authority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to

capital projects related to the thruway and thruway bridges after

deducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration

program, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this

subdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the

comptroller. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "thruway

authority" shall mean the New York state thruway authority, a body

corporate and politic constituting a public corporation created and

constituted pursuant to title nine of article two of the public

authorities law and the term "covered location" shall have the same

meaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii) of paragraph one-d

of subdivision (a) of section three hundred eighty-five-a of this

chapter and the term "thruway" shall mean generally a divided highway

under the jurisdiction of the thruway authority for mixed traffic with

access limited as the authority may determine and generally with grade

separations at intersections. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid

to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this

subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or

village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter,

special law, local law or ordinance.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2030