§ 1803 — Disposition of fines and forfeitures

§ 1803. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in subdivision five of section two hundred twenty-seven of this\nchapter and as provided in section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this\nchapter, section ninety of the state finance law and sections fourteen-f\nand one hundred forty of the transportation law, all fines and penalties\ncollected under a sentence or judgment of conviction of a violation of\nthis chapter or of any act relating to the use of highways by motor\nvehicles or trailers, now in force or hereafter enacted, shall be\ndistributed in the following manner:\n a. for a violation which occurs in a city, town or suburban town, any\nfine or penalty shall be paid to the city, town or suburban town in\nwhich the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any of the\nprovisions of title seven of this chapter, but including violations of\nsection eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state parks for\nwhich the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation has\nestablished maximum speed limits pursuant to section sixteen hundred\nthirty and the violations could have been charged under either such\nestablished maximum speed limits or another section of this chapter, and\nwhen involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to section\nsixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen hundred\nsixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty-three or sixteen hundred seventy, and\nexcluding violations of sections eleven hundred eighty-two, eleven\nhundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, or (2) any\nordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to article two-E\nof the transportation law or section sixteen hundred thirty of this\nchapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or by its successor, or the\nCounty of Westchester Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation,\nor the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation. For\npurposes of this paragraph, violations shall be deemed to be violations\nof any such ordinance, order, rule or regulation when they occur on\nhighways under the jurisdiction of the enumerated entities and the\nviolations could have been charged under either such ordinance, order,\nrule or regulation or another section of this chapter.\n b. for a violation which occurs in a village in which the office of\nvillage justice is established, any fine or penalty shall be paid to the\nvillage in which the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any\nof the provisions of title seven of this chapter, but including\nviolations of section eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state\nparks for which the office of parks, recreation and historic\npreservation has established maximum speed limits pursuant to section\nsixteen hundred thirty and the violations could have been charged under\neither such established maximum speed limits or another section of this\nchapter, and when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four or\nsixteen hundred seventy, and excluding violations of sections eleven\nhundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve\nof this chapter, or (2) any ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted\npursuant to article two-E of the transportation law or section sixteen\nhundred thirty of this chapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or\nby its successor, or the County of Westchester Department of Parks,\nRecreation and Conservation, or the state office of parks, recreation\nand historic preservation. For purposes of this paragraph, violations\nshall be deemed to be violations of any such ordinance, order, rule or\nregulation when they occur on highways under the jurisdiction of the\nenumerated entities and the violations could have been charged under\neither such ordinance, order, rule or regulation, or another section of\nthis chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this\nparagraph, all fines, penalties and forfeitures for violation of a\nvillage ordinance, local law or regulation adopted pursuant to the\nauthorization of paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section sixteen\nhundred forty of this chapter prohibiting, restricting or limiting the\nstopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be paid to such village\nwhether or not the village has established the office of village\njustice.\n c. for compliance with or violations of subdivision nineteen of\nsection three hundred eighty-five of this chapter, notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law, except as provided in section ninety of\nthe state finance law, the fees and fines collected by the state\npursuant to sections two hundred twenty-seven, three hundred eighty-five\nand eighteen hundred three of this chapter and section ninety-nine-a of\nthe state finance law, shall be made available to the state comptroller\nfor deposit in the general fund except that fines collected within a\ncity not wholly included within one county shall be paid to such city in\naccordance with the procedures set forth in subdivision four of section\ntwo hundred twenty-seven of this chapter for deposit into the general\nfund of such city.\n d. for violations of section eleven hundred eighty which are not\nincluded in paragraph a or paragraph b of this subdivision, violations\nof sections eleven hundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two, except\nin those counties adopting a special traffic option program for driving\nwhile intoxicated pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-seven of\nthis chapter, and section twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, and\nviolations of this chapter or of any act relating to the use of highways\nby motor vehicles or trailers, now in force or hereafter enacted, for\nwhich no other distribution is prescribed, all fines, penalties and\nforfeitures shall be paid to the state.\n e. for a violation which occurs within a county which has established\na traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section three\nhundred seventy of the general municipal law, other than parking,\nstanding or stopping violations except for those set forth in section\nfour hundred two of this chapter, and which violation is disposed of by\nsuch agency, any fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which\nthe violation occurs, when such violation is of any of the provisions of\ntitle seven of this chapter, but including violations of section eleven\nhundred eighty of this chapter only when involving maximum speed limits\nin state parks established by the office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation pursuant to section sixteen hundred thirty of this\nchapter and when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen\nhundred sixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty-three or sixteen hundred\nseventy of this chapter, and excluding violations of sections eleven\nhundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve\nof this chapter.\n 2. Whenever a defendant is arrested and arraigned before a judicial\nofficer authorized to conduct any proceedings in or in connection with\nany prosecution triable in any local court of inferior jurisdiction of a\ncity or before a town court, or a village court on a charge in which the\nstate is entitled to all fines and penalties under a sentence or\njudgment of conviction such city, town or village shall be entitled to\nreceive the fees set forth in section ninety-nine-l of the general\nmunicipal law and such fees shall be a state charge and paid as provided\nin section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\n * 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to a city, town or\nvillage pursuant to the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of\nthis section and subdivision ten of this section shall be credited to\nthe general fund of such city, town or village, unless a different\ndisposition is prescribed by charter, special law, local law or\nordinance.\n * NB Effective until December 1, 2029\n * 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to a city, town or\nvillage pursuant to the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of\nthis section shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or\nvillage, unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter,\nspecial law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Effective December 1, 2029\n 4. All fines, penalties and forfeitures collected in a city, upon\nconviction or upon forfeiture of bail by any person charged with a\nviolation of any local law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation,\nadministrative code provision or sanitary or health code provision\nadopted or continued pursuant to this chapter, shall be paid to the city\nand credited to its general fund, unless a different disposition is\nprescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n 5. All fines, penalties and forfeitures for violations of section\neleven hundred eighty of this chapter, which relate to maximum speed\nlimits established by a village pursuant to sections sixteen hundred\nforty-three and sixteen hundred forty-four or by a suburban town\npursuant to section sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chapter, and all\nbail forfeited by the non-appearance of defendants charged with such\nviolations shall be paid over to the state comptroller by the court,\njustice or other officer collecting the same within the first ten days\nof the month following the collection, except as otherwise provided by\nsubdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nWhenever such fines, penalties and forfeitures, including bail\nforfeited, in any year commencing July first shall aggregate in excess\nof five dollars for each inhabitant of the village or suburban town, as\nthe case may be, according to the last preceding federal census, such\nexcess shall be the property of the state and shall be paid into the\ngeneral fund of the state treasury.\n 6. The comptroller from the moneys received pursuant to this section\nshall, within six years from the receipt thereof, refund any fine\nreceived pursuant to this section which was imposed by a judgment of\nconviction that has been reversed and any fine, penalty or forfeiture\nreceived by the comptroller, payment of which was not required by this\nsection. In any action by the state to recover fines, penalties, or\nforfeitures collected more than six years before the commencement of the\naction, the defendant shall be entitled to set off a claim for refund of\nany such item paid to the state during the ten years preceding the\ncommencement of the action.\n 8. All fines, penalties and forfeitures referred to in subdivision one\nof this section, except fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance as required by section thirty-nine\nof the judiciary law, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision\nthree of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, shall be paid\nto the state comptroller by the court, judge, magistrate or other\nofficer within the first ten days of the month following collection.\nEvery such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied by a\nstatement in such form and detail as the comptroller shall prescribe.\n 9. a. Where a county establishes a special traffic options program for\ndriving while intoxicated, approved by the commissioner, pursuant to\nsection eleven hundred ninety-seven of this chapter, all fines,\npenalties and forfeitures: (1) imposed and collected for violations of\nsubparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two or\nsubparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section five\nhundred eleven of this chapter; (2) imposed and collected in accordance\nwith section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter for violations\nof section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter; (3) collected by\nany court, judge, magistrate or other officer imposed upon a conviction\nfor: aggravated vehicular assault, pursuant to section 120.04-a of the\npenal law; vehicular assault in the first degree, pursuant to section\n120.04 of the penal law; vehicular assault in the second degree,\npursuant to section 120.03 of the penal law; aggravated vehicular\nhomicide, pursuant to section 125.14 of the penal law; vehicular\nmanslaughter in the first degree, pursuant to section 125.13 of the\npenal law; and vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, pursuant to\nsection 125.12 of the penal law; and (4) civil penalties imposed\npursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-four-a of\nthis chapter, shall be paid to such county. In addition, any surcharges\nimposed pursuant to section eighteen hundred nine-c and paragraph b of\nsubdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine-e of this chapter shall\nbe paid to such county in such manner and for such purposes as provided\nfor in section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this chapter.\n b. Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any court,\njudge, magistrate or other officer referred to in subdivision one of\nsection thirty-nine of the judiciary law, establishing a unified court\nbudget, shall be paid to that county within the first ten days of the\nmonth following collection.\n c. Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any other court,\njudge, magistrate or other officer, including, where appropriate, a\nhearing officer acting on behalf of the commissioner, shall be paid to\nthe state comptroller within the first ten days of the month following\ncollection. Every such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied\nby a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller shall provide.\nThe comptroller shall pay these funds to the county in which the\nviolation occurs.\n d. Upon receipt of any monies referred to in this section, the county\nshall deposit them in a separate account entitled "special traffic\noptions program for driving while intoxicated".\n * 10. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph e of subdivision one\nof this section, where a county has established a demonstration program\nimposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an\noperator thereof to comply with section eleven hundred seventy-four of\nthis chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of\nthis chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge,\nmagistrate or other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs\nwithin such county pursuant to such program shall be paid to the state\ncomptroller within the first ten days of the month following collection.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. The comptroller shall pay\nninety percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for such liability to\nthe county in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred,\nand ten percent of any such fine or penalty to the city, town or village\nin which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2029\n * 11. Where the commissioner of transportation has established a\ndemonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a\nvehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with subdivision\n(b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in\naccordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this chapter, any\nfine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other officer\nfor an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such program\nshall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days of the\nmonth following collection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision\nthree of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such\npayment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as\nthe comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nsubdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the general fund,\nand twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the\ncity, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the\nliability occurred, provided, however, that within a county that has\nestablished a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section\nthree hundred seventy of the general municipal law and such liability is\ndisposed of by such agency, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty\nimposed for such liability shall be paid to the general fund, and twenty\npercent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county in which\nthe violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With respect to the\npercentage of fines or penalties paid to the general fund, no less than\nsixty percent shall be dedicated to department of transportation work\nzone safety projects after deducting the expenses necessary to\nadminister such demonstration program, provided, however, that such\nfunds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable on the\naudit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to\nsupplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work\nzone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone\nsafety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment of transportation and shall include, but not be limited to,\ninspection and implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic\nplans and markings, worker safety training, contractor outreach,\nenforcement efforts, radar speed display signs at major active work\nzones and police presence at major active work zones, as provided in\nsection twenty-two of the transportation law. All fines, penalties and\nforfeitures paid to a county, city, town or village pursuant to the\nprovisions of this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of\nsuch county, city, town or village, unless a different disposition is\nprescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed October 6, 2031\n * 12. Where the chair of the New York state thruway authority has\nestablished a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\nowner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsubdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this\nchapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or\nother officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to\nsuch program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten\ndays of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway\nauthority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid\nto the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the\nliability occurred, provided, however, that within a county that has\nestablished a traffic and parking violations agency pursuant to section\nthree hundred seventy of the general municipal law and such liability is\ndisposed of by such agency, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty\nimposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway authority, and\ntwenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the county\nin which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With\nrespect to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the thruway\nauthority, no less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to thruway\nauthority work zone safety projects after deducting the expenses\nnecessary to administer such demonstration program, provided, however,\nthat such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable\non the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to\nsupplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work\nzone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone\nsafety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the\nthruway authority and shall include, but not be limited to, inspection\nand implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic plans and\nmarkings, worker safety training, contractor outreach, enforcement\nefforts, radar speed display signs at major active work zones and police\npresence at major active work zones, as provided in section twenty-two\nof the transportation law. For the purposes of this subdivision, the\nterm "thruway authority" shall mean the New York state thruway\nauthority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public\ncorporation created and constituted pursuant to title nine of article\ntwo of the public authorities law. All fines, penalties and forfeitures\npaid to a county, city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of\nthis subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such county,\ncity, town or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by\ncharter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed October 6, 2031\n * 13. Where the county of Westchester has established a demonstration\nprogram imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for\nfailure of an operator thereof to comply with subdivision (d) of section\neleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven\nhundred eleven-g of this chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a\ncourt, judge, magistrate or other officer for an imposition of liability\nwhich occurs within a city, town or village within such county pursuant\nto such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first\nten days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided\nin subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. The comptroller shall pay\neighty percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for such liability to\nthe county of Westchester, and twenty percent of any such fine or\npenalty to the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise\nto the liability occurred. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to\na city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision\nshall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or village,\nunless a different disposition is prescribed by charter, special law,\nlocal law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2027\n ** 14. Where the chair of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority\nhas established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on\nthe owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsection three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the\ntriborough bridge and tunnel authority in relation to gross vehicle\nweight and/or axle weight in accordance with section three hundred\neighty-five-a of this chapter, any fine or penalty collected by the\nparking violations bureau of the city of New York for an imposition of\nliability which occurs pursuant to such program shall be paid to the\nstate comptroller within the first ten days of the month following\ncollection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of section\nninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such payment shall be\naccompanied by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller\nshall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision five of\nthis section, eighty percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for\nsuch liability shall be paid to the triborough bridge and tunnel\nauthority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid\nto the city of New York. With respect to the percentage of fines or\npenalties paid to the triborough bridge and tunnel authority, one\nhundred percent shall be dedicated to capital projects related to\ntriborough bridge and tunnel authority bridges and tunnels after\ndeducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration\nprogram, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "triborough\nbridge and tunnel authority" shall mean the corporation organized\npursuant to section five hundred fifty-two of the public authorities\nlaw, the term "chair" shall mean the president of the triborough bridge\nand tunnel authority, and the term "covered location" shall have the\nsame meaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii) of paragraph\none-a of subdivision (a) of section three hundred eighty-five-a of this\nchapter. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid to the city of New\nYork pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall be credited to\nthe general fund of such city, unless a different disposition is\nprescribed by charter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2030\n * NB There are two sb 14's\n ** 14. Where the chair of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority\nhas established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on\nthe owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsubdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this\nchapter, any fine or penalty collected by the New York city parking\nviolations bureau for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant\nto such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first\nten days of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided\nin subdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the Triborough\nbridge and tunnel authority, and twenty percent of any such fine or\npenalty shall be paid to the city of New York. With respect to the\npercentage of fines or penalties paid to the Triborough bridge and\ntunnel authority, no less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to\nTriborough bridge and tunnel authority work zone safety projects after\ndeducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration\nprogram, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller\nand shall only be used to supplement and not supplant current\nexpenditures of Triborough bridge and tunnel authority funds on work\nzone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone\nsafety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the\nTriborough bridge and tunnel authority and shall include, but not be\nlimited to, inspection and implementation of work zone design,\nmaintenance, traffic plans and markings, worker safety training,\ncontractor outreach, and enforcement efforts. For the purposes of this\nsubdivision, the term "Triborough bridge and tunnel authority" shall\nmean the New York state Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, a body\ncorporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation created\nand constituted pursuant to title three of article three of the public\nauthorities law and the term "chair" shall mean the president of the\nTriborough bridge and tunnel authority. All fines, penalties and\nforfeitures paid to the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of\nthis subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,\nunless a different disposition is prescribed by charter, special law,\nlocal law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed October 6, 2031\n * NB There are two sb 14's\n ** 15. Where the chair of the bridge authority has established a\ndemonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a\nvehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with section three\nhundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the bridge\nauthority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight in\naccordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter, any\nfine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other officer\nfor an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such program\nshall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days of the\nmonth following collection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision\nthree of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law. Every such\npayment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as\nthe comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nsubdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the bridge\nauthority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid\nto the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the\nliability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties\npaid to the bridge authority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to\ncapital projects related to bridge authority bridges after deducting the\nexpenses necessary to administer such demonstration program, provided,\nhowever, that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be\npayable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller. For the purposes of\nthis subdivision, the term "bridge authority" shall mean the New York\nstate bridge authority created pursuant to section five hundred\ntwenty-seven of the public authorities law and the term "covered\nlocation" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by\nsubparagraph (ii) of paragraph one-b of subdivision (a) of section three\nhundred eighty-five-a of this chapter. All fines, penalties and\nforfeitures paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions\nof this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,\ntown or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by\ncharter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2030\n * NB There are two sb 15's\n ** 15. Where the chair of the New York state bridge authority has\nestablished a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\nowner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsubdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this\nchapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or\nother officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to\nsuch program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten\ndays of the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the bridge\nauthority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid\nto the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the\nliability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties\npaid to the bridge authority, no less than sixty percent shall be\ndedicated to bridge authority work zone safety projects after deducting\nthe expenses necessary to administer such demonstration program,\nprovided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision\nshall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall\nonly be used to supplement and not supplant current expenditures of\nbridge authority funds on work zone safety projects. For the purposes of\nthis subdivision, "work zone safety projects" shall apply to work zones\nunder the jurisdiction of the bridge authority and shall include, but\nnot be limited to, inspection and implementation of work zone design,\nmaintenance, traffic plans and markings, worker safety training,\ncontractor outreach, and enforcement efforts. For the purposes of this\nsubdivision, the term "bridge authority" shall mean the New York state\nbridge authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public\nbenefit corporation created and constituted pursuant to title two of\narticle three of the public authorities law. All fines, penalties and\nforfeitures paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions\nof this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,\ntown or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by\ncharter, special law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed October 6, 2031\n * NB There are two sb 15's\n * 16. Where the chair of the port authority of New York and New Jersey\nhas established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on\nthe owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsection three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the\nport authority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight in\naccordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter, any\nfine or penalty collected by the parking violations bureau of the city\nof New York for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such\nprogram shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days\nof the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the port authority,\nand twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid to the city\nof New York where the violation giving rise to the liability occurred.\nWith respect to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the port\nauthority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to capital projects\nrelated to port authority bridges after deducting the expenses necessary\nto administer such demonstration program, provided, however, that such\nfunds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable on the\naudit and warrant of the comptroller. For the purposes of this\nsubdivision, the term "port authority" shall mean the port authority of\nNew York and New Jersey, that body corporate and politic created\npursuant to article three of chapter one hundred fifty-four of the laws\nof nineteen hundred twenty-one, and designated as "The Port Authority of\nNew York and New Jersey" by such chapter and the term "covered location"\nshall have the same meaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii)\nof paragraph one-c of subdivision (a) of section three hundred\neighty-five-a of this chapter. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid\nto the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision\nshall be credited to the general fund of such city, unless a different\ndisposition is prescribed by charter, special law, local law or\nordinance.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2030\n * 17. Where the chair of the New York state thruway authority has\nestablished a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\nowner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with\nsection three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the\nthruway authority in relation to gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight\nin accordance with section three hundred eighty-five-a of this chapter,\nany fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or other\nofficer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to such\nprogram shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten days\nof the month following collection, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision three of section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law.\nEvery such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and\ndetail as the comptroller shall provide. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof subdivision five of this section, eighty percent of any such fine or\npenalty imposed for such liability shall be paid to the thruway\nauthority, and twenty percent of any such fine or penalty shall be paid\nto the city, town or village in which the violation giving rise to the\nliability occurred. With respect to the percentage of fines or penalties\npaid to the thruway authority, one hundred percent shall be dedicated to\ncapital projects related to the thruway and thruway bridges after\ndeducting the expenses necessary to administer such demonstration\nprogram, provided, however, that such funds provided pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "thruway\nauthority" shall mean the New York state thruway authority, a body\ncorporate and politic constituting a public corporation created and\nconstituted pursuant to title nine of article two of the public\nauthorities law and the term "covered location" shall have the same\nmeaning as such term is defined by subparagraph (ii) of paragraph one-d\nof subdivision (a) of section three hundred eighty-five-a of this\nchapter and the term "thruway" shall mean generally a divided highway\nunder the jurisdiction of the thruway authority for mixed traffic with\naccess limited as the authority may determine and generally with grade\nseparations at intersections. All fines, penalties and forfeitures paid\nto a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or\nvillage, unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter,\nspecial law, local law or ordinance.\n * NB Repealed December 1, 2030\n