Bill Text: NY S04338 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4338 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Dutchess to regulate the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2370B [S04338 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04338-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         4338--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 16, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the  vehicle  and  traffic
          law, in relation to authorizing the county of Dutchess to regulate the
          registration  and  licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehi-
          cles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal law,
     2  as amended by chapter 498 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
     5  of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
     6  nances  regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and limou-
     7  sines and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau  may
     8  adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
     9  and  the county of Suffolk may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating
    10  the registration of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles;  and  the
    11  county  of  Rockland  may  adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the
    12  registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery  vehicles
    13  and  may limit the number to be licensed; and the county of Dutchess may
    14  adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration and licensing
    15  of taxicabs, limousines and livery vehicles.
    16    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of  the  vehicle  and
    17  traffic  law,  as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws
    18  of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    19    b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
    20  million or more, or a county within New York state  contiguous  to  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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