As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
SCHOOL BUS PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEM
A device that is capable of operating independently of an
enforcement officer which is installed to work in conjunction with
a school bus stop-arm and which automatically produces two or more
photographs, two or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded
images of a vehicle at the time it is used or operated in violation
of Subdivision (a) of § 1174 of the New York Vehicle and
Traffic Law.
Liability pursuant to the demonstration program established
hereunder shall be imposed upon owners by the court of competent jurisdiction
in the City of Schenectady or in another manner pursuant to the New
York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
If the owner held liable for a violation of Subdivision (a)
of § 1174 of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law pursuant
to this chapter was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of
the violation, the owner may maintain an action for indemnification
against the operator.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or
part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance shall be adjudged
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this chapter,
or in its application to the person, individual, corporation, firm,
partnership, entity, or circumstance directly involved in the controversy
in which such order or judgment shall be rendered.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon full compliance
with all the requisite statutes and laws applicable to its adoption
and promulgation.