1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this act, an owner of a vehicle may be held liable for failure of an operator thereof to comply with the toll collection regulations of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (hereinafter called Port Authority). The owner of a vehicle shall be liable pursuant to this section if such vehicle was used or operated with the permission of the owner, express or implied, in violation of the toll collection regulations of the Port Authority, and such violation is evidenced by information obtained from a photo-monitoring system; provided, however, that no owner of a vehicle shall be liable where the operator of such vehicle has been convicted of a violation of those toll collection regulations for the same incident.

L.1996,c.98,s.1.