Bill Text: NY S05375 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires all bus companies to post on their internet websites or at the places they sell tickets, certain information maintained by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05375 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05375-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5375 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring motor carriers of passengers to post, for public viewing, certain information on their websites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 509-nn to read as follows: 3 § 509-nn. Motor carrier information. 1. Each motor carrier shall post, 4 for public viewing, on its website the information relating to such 5 carrier as posted on the website of the federal Motor Carrier Safety 6 Administration including, but not limited to: 7 (a) its United States Department of Transportation identification 8 number; 9 (b) its on road performance percentile; 10 (c) its summary of activities; 11 (d) its inspection history; and 12 (e) a summary of its violations. 13 2. In the event that a motor carrier does not maintain a publicly 14 accessible website, such carrier shall conspicuously post, at each place 15 where the motor carrier sells tickets for transportation, a notice which 16 provides the information required by subdivision one of this section. 17 3. The information required to be provided by this section shall be 18 updated not less frequently than once every three months. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 20 it shall have become a law. Provided, however, that effective immediate- 21 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 22 necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this act on its 23 effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on 24 or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03970-01-9