S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6955--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety reports to potential customers of contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. NO CONTRACT CARRIER OF PASSENGERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED BY 4 SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL ENTER INTO A 5 CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ANY CUSTOMER WITHOUT FIRST PROVIDING 6 THAT CUSTOMER WITH: 7 A. A COPY, IN WRITING, OF THE CONTRACT CARRIER'S THREE MOST RECENT 8 FEDERAL SAFETY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (SMS) SCORES; PROVIDED THAT, IF THE 9 CONTRACT CARRIER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SCORES FOR ANY YEAR OR YEARS 10 PRIOR TO TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, THE CONTRACT CARRIER MAY PROVIDE THE 11 SCORE OR SCORES CALCULATED BY THE SAFETY STATUS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM 12 (SAFESTAT) FOR THAT YEAR OR YEARS; AND 13 B. AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SCORES WERE CALCULATED AND WHAT THE SCORE 14 MEANS. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00484-03-5