Bill Text: NY A02879 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle licenses, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such licenses for the purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A02879 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02879-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2879
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         MAISEL, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
         of the city of New York, in relation to  requiring  background  checks
         for for-hire vehicle licenses
         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  article 17-D to read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 17-D
    4               BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE LICENSES
    5  SECTION 499-M. BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE LICENSES.
    6    S  499-M. BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE LICENSES. PRIOR TO THE
    7  ISSUANCE OF A TAXICAB, LIMOUSINE, COMMUTER VAN, PARATRANSIT OR  FOR-HIRE
    8  VEHICLE  LICENSE,  THE APPLICANT FOR SUCH LICENSE SHALL BE FINGERPRINTED
    9  BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED TO  ISSUE  SUCH  LICENSE  FOR  THE
   10  PURPOSE  OF  SECURING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FROM BOTH THE STATE DIVI-
   11  SION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTI-
   12  GATION.    THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  PAY ANY PROCESSING FEE REQUIRED BY THE
   13  STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF
   14  INVESTIGATION.  FINGERPRINTS  SHALL  BE TAKEN OF THE INDIVIDUAL OWNER IF
   15  THE APPLICANT IS A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP;  THE  GENERAL  PARTNERS  IF  THE
   16  APPLICANT  IS  A PARTNERSHIP; THE OFFICERS, PRINCIPALS, AND STOCKHOLDERS
   17  OWNING MORE THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING STOCK OF THE CORPORATION
   18  IF THE APPLICANT IS A CORPORATION.
   19    S 2. Subdivision l of section 19-504 of the administrative code of the
   20  city of New York, as added by local law number 115 of the  city  of  New
   21  York  for  the year 1993, is amended and a new subdivision r is added to
   22  read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07033-01-3
       A. 2879                             2
    1    l. Prior to the issuance of a  commuter  van  license,  the  applicant
    2  shall  be  fingerprinted  for  the  purpose of securing criminal history
    3  records from BOTH the state division of criminal  justice  services  AND
    4  THE  FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.  The applicant shall pay any proc-
    5  essing  fee  required by the state division of criminal justice services
    6  AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.  Fingerprints shall be taken of
    7  the individual owner if the applicant  is  a  sole  proprietorship;  the
    8  general  partners if the applicant is a partnership; the officers, prin-
    9  cipals, and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding
   10  stock of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation.
   11    R. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A TAXICAB, LIMOUSINE, PARATRANSIT OR  FOR-
   12  HIRE  VEHICLE  LICENSE,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  BE FINGERPRINTED FOR THE
   13  PURPOSE OF SECURING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FROM BOTH THE  STATE  DIVI-
   14  SION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI-
   15  GATION. THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY ANY PROCESSING FEE REQUIRED BY THE STATE
   16  DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI-
   17  GATION. FINGERPRINTS SHALL BE TAKEN  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL  OWNER  IF  THE
   18  APPLICANT  IS  A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP; THE GENERAL PARTNERS IF THE APPLI-
   19  CANT IS A PARTNERSHIP; THE OFFICERS, PRINCIPALS, AND STOCKHOLDERS OWNING
   20  MORE THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING STOCK OF THE CORPORATION IF THE
   21  APPLICANT IS A CORPORATION.
   22    S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   23  have become a law.