Bill Text: NY S02600 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - referred to correction [S02600 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02600-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2600
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. LANZA, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law and the vehicle and traffic
          law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from  operating  automo-
          biles   participating   in  mobile  application  based  transportation
          networks or being employed by such transportation networks
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  181  of the general municipal law, is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. No person required to maintain registration under article six-C  of
     4  the correction law shall operate an automobile for or be employed by any
     5  mobile  application  based  transportation  network. Such transportation
     6  networks shall be required to perform a background check on all  employ-
     7  ees that shall include the state sex offender registry.
     8    §  2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, is amended by adding
     9  a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
    10    3-a. Restrictions on license to drive a motor  vehicle  for  a  mobile
    11  application based transportation network. No person required to maintain
    12  registration  under article six-C of the correction law shall be permit-
    13  ted to maintain a license for purposes of operating any  automobile  for
    14  or  be  employed by any mobile application based transportation network.
    15  Such transportation networks shall be required to perform  a  background
    16  check  on all employees that shall include the state sex offender regis-
    17  try.
    18    § 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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