Bill Text: NY A09379 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows the city of Syracuse to adopt ordinances regulating the registration and licensing of limousines and livery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-17 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09379 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09379-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9379--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 23, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law and the vehicle and traffic
         law, in relation to the regulation of limousines and  livery  vehicles
         in the city of Syracuse
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal  law,
    2  as  separately  amended  by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws of 2012, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
    5  of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
    6  nances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and  limou-
    7  sines  and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau may
    8  adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
    9  and the county of Suffolk may adopt ordinances regulating the  registra-
   10  tion  of  taxicabs,  limousines,  and livery vehicles; and the county of
   11  Rockland may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the  registration
   12  and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles and may limit
   13  the number to be licensed; AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES
   14  REGULATING THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF LIMOUSINES AND LIVERY VEHI-
   15  CLES AND MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER TO BE LICENSED.
   16    S  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the vehicle and
   17  traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of  the  laws
   18  of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   19    b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
   20  million  or  more,  or a county within New York state contiguous to such
   21  city [or], the county of Suffolk [or], the county of  Rockland,  OR  THE
   22  CITY  OF  SYRACUSE,  that  requires  the  issuance of a license, permit,
   23  registration, certification or other approval for a vehicle  to  perform
   24  the  pre-arranged  pick up or drop off of one or more passengers in such
   25  jurisdiction for compensation.
   26    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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