Bill Text: NY S02781 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S02781 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02781-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2781
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  allowing  commuter vans to accept hails from prospective
          passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
          relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
     2  of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 197 of the  city
     3  of New York for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
     5  ity  of  at least nine passengers but not more than twenty passengers or
     6  such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
     7  ing passengers for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter  van  by
     8  the  commission  [and  not  permitted  to  accept hails from prospective
     9  passengers in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of this  chap-
    10  ter  relating  to  prohibitions against the operation of an unauthorized
    11  commuter van service or an unlicensed commuter van and to  the  enforce-
    12  ment  of  such  prohibitions  and  to  the  imposition  of penalties for
    13  violations of such prohibitions and to the  seizure  and  forfeiture  of
    14  commuter vans, the term shall also include any common carrier of passen-
    15  gers  by  motor  vehicle not subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire
    16  vehicle, or wheelchair accessible van and not operating as an authorized
    17  bus line pursuant to applicable provisions  of  law  regardless  of  the
    18  seating capacity of any such vehicle. The commission shall submit to the
    19  council  the  text of any proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity
    20  of commuter vans at the time such proposed rule is published in the City
    21  Record.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07204-02-9

        S. 2781                             2
     1    § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
     2  tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
     3  the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  A  taxi-cab,  coach,  wheelchair  accessible van, commuter van or
     5  for-hire vehicle shall operate within the city of New York only  if  the
     6  owner  shall  first  have obtained from the commission a taxicab, coach,
     7  wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license  for
     8  such  vehicle  and  only while such license is in full force and effect.
     9  Vehicle licenses shall be issued for a term of not  less  than  one  nor
    10  more  than  two  years  and  shall  expire  on the date set forth on the
    11  license unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commission.  No  motor
    12  vehicle  other  than  a  duly  licensed taxicab or commuter van shall be
    13  permitted to accept hails from passengers in the street. No commuter van
    14  shall be operated within the city of New York unless it is  operated  as
    15  part of a current, valid authorization to operate a commuter van service
    16  duly issued by the commission pursuant to section 19-504.2 of this chap-
    17  ter.
    18    §  3.  The  section heading and subdivision a of section 19-516 of the
    19  administrative code of the city of New  York,  the  section  heading  as
    20  amended  by  local  law  number 115 of the city of New York for the year
    21  1993 and subdivision a as amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012,  are
    22  amended to read as follows:
    23    Acceptance  of  passengers  by  for-hire vehicles [and commuter vans].
    24  [a.] For-hire vehicles that do not possess  a  valid  HAIL  license  may
    25  accept passengers only on the basis of telephone contract or prearrange-
    26  ment. The commission or successor agency may establish such disciplinary
    27  actions  as  it deems appropriate for failure to abide by the provisions
    28  of this chapter.
    29    § 4. Subdivision b of section 19-516 of the administrative code of the
    30  city of New York is REPEALED.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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