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                                        5093--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation 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 transportation law, in relation to requiring safety
         reports to potential customers of contract carriers of  passengers  by
         motor vehicle
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10.  NO CONTRACT CARRIER OF PASSENGERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED BY
    4  SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
    5  CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES FOR ANY CUSTOMER WITHOUT FIRST PROVIDING
    6  THAT CUSTOMER WITH:
    7    A. A COPY, IN WRITING, OF THE CONTRACT  CARRIER'S  THREE  MOST  RECENT
    8  FEDERAL  SAFETY  MEASUREMENT  SYSTEM (SMS) SCORES; PROVIDED THAT, IF THE
    9  CONTRACT CARRIER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SCORES FOR  ANY  YEAR  OR  YEARS
   10  PRIOR TO TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, THE CONTRACT CARRIER MAY PROVIDE THE SCORE
   11  OR  SCORES CALCULATED BY THE SAFETY STATUS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (SAFESTAT)
   12  FOR THAT YEAR OR YEARS; AND
   13    B. AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SCORES WERE CALCULATED AND WHAT THE SCORE
   14  MEANS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03016-03-2