Bill Text: NY S05124 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to municipal regulation of the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines and livery vehicles; permits Rockland county to regulate and license such vehicles and to limit the number of vehicles licensed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S05124 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05124-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5124--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  municipal
         regulation  of  the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines
         and livery vehicles
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  181  of the general municipal law, as amended by
    2  chapter 579 of the laws of 1993, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 430
    3  of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 181. Ordinances to regulate taxicabs and limousines.  The  municipal
    5  officers  and  boards  in the several cities, towns and villages of this
    6  state now having the authority to enact ordinances, may adopt ordinances
    7  regulating:
    8    1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
    9  of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
   10  nances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and  limou-
   11  sines  and  may  limit  the  number  to be licensed; [and] the county of
   12  Nassau may adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs  and
   13  limousines;  AND  THE  COUNTY  OF ROCKLAND MAY ADOPT LOCAL LAWS OR ORDI-
   14  NANCES REGULATING THE REGISTRATION AND  LICENSING  OF  TAXICABS,  LIMOU-
   15  SINES, AND LIVERY VEHICLES AND MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER TO BE LICENSED.
   16    2. Parking and passenger pick-up and discharge by taxicabs, limousines
   17  and  livery  vehicles.  Establishment of such ordinances and regulations
   18  regulating parking and passenger pick-up and  discharges  may  be  based
   19  upon  recommendations  from municipal planning officials or other public
   20  entities and may address  and  take  into  consideration  such  factors,
   21  including,  but not limited to, geographic areas, vehicle type, limiting
   22  the number of parked vehicles and activities  undertaken  while  parked,
   23  and periods of idling.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05563-02-1