Bill Text: NY A09561 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to pre-arranged for-hire vehicle transportation services and the maximization of energy efficiency, universal design and accessibility by persons with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-16 - referred to transportation [A09561 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09561-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9561
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 16, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to pre-arranged
          for-hire vehicle transportation services and the maximization of ener-
          gy  efficiency,  universal  design  and  accessibility by persons with
          disabilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Energy Efficiency Accessible Livery Act".
     3    § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     4  1220-d to read as follows:
     5    §  1220-d.  Universal  accessibility and energy efficiency in for-hire
     6  vehicles. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
     7  have the following meanings:
     8    (a) "Pre-arranged  for-hire  vehicle"  shall  mean  a  motor  vehicle,
     9  designed  to  carry no more than nine passengers (excluding the driver),
    10  that is used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation
    11  on a pre-arranged basis, and operated in such business under  a  license
    12  or  permit  issued  by  a licensing jurisdiction. The term "pre-arranged
    13  for-hire vehicle" shall apply to vehicles as defined in  this  paragraph
    14  regardless  of  any  other  provision  of  local law or rule defining or
    15  describing such vehicles by any other terms such as livery, taxi,  black
    16  car, or luxury limousine.
    17    (b)  "Pre-arranged  for-hire vehicle owner or operator" shall mean the
    18  registered owner of a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, or a duly  licensed
    19  driver  designated  by  such registered owner or operator to operate the
    20  registered owner's or operator's pre-arranged for-hire  vehicle  as  the
    21  registered owner's or operator's authorized designee.
    22    (c) "Universal design" or "universally designed" shall mean the design
    23  of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest
    24  extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
    25    (d)  "Energy  efficient vehicle" shall mean vehicles that are petrole-
    26  um-alternative vehicles using petroleum-alternative fuels; hybrid  elec-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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