Bill Text: NY A01838 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the display of charter bus driver qualifications prominently while they are on duty.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-17 - REFERRED TO CODES [A01838 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1838

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the display-
          ing  of  a bus driver's credentials while he or she is on duty and the
          review of his or her files

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 509-dd to read as follows:
     3    § 509-dd. Passenger motor carrier  information.  The  commissioner  of
     4  transportation,  in  consultation with the commissioner, shall establish
     5  requirements for motor carriers required to obtain approval  to  operate
     6  as  a common or contract carrier of passengers by motor vehicle from the
     7  commissioner of transportation for purposes of establishing  conspicuous
     8  display of valid operating authority, inspection information, and driver
     9  qualifications  at  locations  where  such  persons  or entities perform
    10  contract or common carrier services with such motor vehicles and  within
    11  any  motor  vehicle  used  to provide such services. For the purposes of
    12  this section, "motor carriers" shall not  include  buses  referenced  in
    13  paragraph  (a)  or (e) of subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a
    14  of this article.
    15    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 509-m of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    16  amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new subdivi-
    17  sion 9 is added to read as follows:
    18    1. At least once [every three years] annually, review the  bus  driver
    19  files  of  each  motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner
    20  may review such bus driver files at his discretion  at  any  other  time
    21  during  regular business hours. Provided, however, that the commissioner
    22  shall review at least annually the  bus  driver  files  of  each  driver
    23  employed  by  a  motor  carrier  who  operates  an altered motor vehicle
    24  commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" designed to carry nine  or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  more  passengers  including  the  driver pursuant to operating authority
     2  issued by the commissioner of transportation, and annually verify wheth-
     3  er each such driver holds a valid driver's license valid for the  opera-
     4  tion of such altered motor vehicle.
     5    9.  Issue  new  credentials,  designed for public display, which shall
     6  serve as proof that a  bus  driver  is  qualified  under  sections  five
     7  hundred  nine-b  and  five hundred nine-dd of this article. Such creden-
     8  tials shall be re-issued annually.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    10  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    11  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    12  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    13  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.