Bill Text: NY S04069 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the taxi and limousine commission of the city of New York to develop procedures for requiring inspection stickers to be visible to the general public and indicate the date for the next subsequent inspection date.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-25 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04069 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04069-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4069
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 requiring inspection stickers to be visible to the public
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision f of section 19-504 of the administrative  code
    2  of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law number 44 of the city
    3  of New York for the year 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    f. All taxicabs now or hereafter licensed pursuant to  the  provisions
    5  of this chapter shall be inspected at an inspection facility operated by
    6  the  commission  at  least  once every four months, in accordance with a
    7  procedure to be established by the  commission  WHEREIN  SUCH  PROCEDURE
    8  SHALL  INCLUDE  AFFIXING  TO  THE  TAXICAB  IN A LOCATION VISIBLE TO THE
    9  GENERAL PUBLIC, A STICKER INDICATING THE DATE FOR  THE  NEXT  SUBSEQUENT
   10  INSPECTION  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION.   All other vehicles now or
   11  hereafter licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter other than
   12  commuter  vans  shall  be  inspected  at  official  inspection  stations
   13  licensed by the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to section three
   14  hundred  three  of  the vehicle and traffic law at least once every four
   15  months in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner  of  motor
   16  vehicles, codified in part seventy-nine of title fifteen of the official
   17  compilation of codes, rules and regulations of the state of New York (15
   18  N.Y.C.R.R.  part 79). All commuter vans now or hereafter licensed pursu-
   19  ant to the provisions of this chapter shall be inspected and shall  meet
   20  safety  standards  as  provided  in  paragraph  two  of subdivision a of
   21  section 19-504.3 of this chapter. If  any  taxicab  fails  to  pass  its
   22  inspection  for  any  reason relating to the requirements established by
   23  the New York state department of  motor  vehicles,  it  shall  be  rein-
   24  spected.  The fee payable to the commission for each inspection and each
   25  reinspection required for the issuance of a  certificate  of  inspection
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09158-01-5
       S. 4069                             2
    1  for  a taxicab, inclusive of the issuance of such certificate, shall not
    2  exceed ninety dollars for the first inspection  and  fifty  dollars  for
    3  each  reinspection.  The fees payable to the official inspection station
    4  for  the  inspection and the issuance of a certificate of inspection for
    5  all other licensed vehicles other than commuter vans shall be  the  fees
    6  charged  and  collected  pursuant  to  section three hundred five of the
    7  vehicle and traffic law. The commission or any other  agency  authorized
    8  by  law  may conduct on-street inspections of vehicles licensed pursuant
    9  to the provisions of this chapter. The date of the inspection of a taxi-
   10  cab, THE DATE OF THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT  INSPECTION  AS  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
   11  SUBDIVISION,  and  the  signature  of  the persons making the inspection
   12  shall be recorded upon the rate card in the space provided therefor.  An
   13  owner shall be ordered by the commission to repair or replace his or her
   14  licensed vehicle where it appears that it no longer meets the reasonable
   15  standards  for safe operation prescribed by the commission. Upon failure
   16  of such owner to have his or her vehicle inspected or to comply with any
   17  such order within ten days after service thereof, the license  shall  be
   18  suspended;  upon  failure  of  such  owner to comply with any such order
   19  within one hundred twenty days after service thereof, the  license  may,
   20  at the discretion of the commission, be deemed to have been abandoned by
   21  nonuser.
   22    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   23  have become a law.