Bill Text: NY S05825 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the registration of commuter vans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5627B [S05825 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05825-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5825--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
         tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
         mitted to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
         tration of commuter vans
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Schedule C of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle
    2  and traffic law, as amended by section 8 of part G of chapter 59 of  the
    3  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    4    C.  Schedule  for  taxicabs  and livery. 1. For each taxicab or livery
    5  having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the driver, of  five
    6  persons  or  less,  the annual fee of thirty-one dollars and sixty-three
    7  cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity  for  passengers,
    8  excluding  the driver, of not less than six persons, nor more than seven
    9  persons, the annual fee of fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For
   10  each such vehicle having a seating capacity  for  passengers,  excluding
   11  the  driver,  of  at least eight persons, but not more than ten persons,
   12  the annual fee of sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents. For each such
   13  vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the  driver,
   14  of  at  least  eleven  persons,  but not more than fourteen persons, the
   15  annual fee of ninety-two dollars. Any registration  issued  pursuant  to
   16  this  schedule  shall  be  revoked upon receipt by the commissioner of a
   17  notice of revocation of any license or permit necessary for the issuance
   18  of such registration from the local authority which issued such  license
   19  or  permit,  or  upon  receipt  of evidence by the commissioner that the
   20  registrant has been convicted of a violation of any local law  requiring
   21  the issuance of a license or permit in order to engage in for-hire oper-
   22  ation. Provided, however, that upon surrender to the commissioner of any
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 5825--B                          2
    1  such  revoked  registration  and  number  plates and upon payment of the
    2  proper registration fee, a registration may be issued  for  the  vehicle
    3  for  which such registration has been revoked pursuant to the provisions
    4  of subdivision six of this section.
    5    2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SCHEDULE, THE TERM "LIVERY" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
    6  A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DRIVER HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF AT LEAST NINE
    7  BUT  NOT MORE THAN FOURTEEN PASSENGERS USED TO CARRY PASSENGERS FOR HIRE
    8  IN A COMMUTER VAN SERVICE UNDER AN AUTHORIZATION  ISSUED  BY  A  MUNICI-
    9  PALITY.
   10    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   11  have become a law.