Bill Text: NY S04338 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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. LBD05140-05-6