Bill Text: NY S06670 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act; provides any entity issuing for-hire vehicle licenses shall, for a minimum of one year upon the effective date of this act, allow for the renewal of livery vehicle licenses which expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the same vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of expiration unless the livery vehicle owner opts to renew at the current requirement; provides that livery vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired license during this open window shall not be penalized, such as through additional charges or fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-09-20 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR [S06670 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06670-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6670

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT establishing the "COVID-19 for-hire vehicle recovery act"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "COVID-19 for-hire vehicle recovery act".
     3    § 2. Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary, any entity issuing
     4  for-hire  vehicle  licenses  shall,  for  a minimum of one year upon the
     5  effective date of this act, allow for the renewal  of  for-hire  vehicle
     6  licenses  which  expired  during  the  COVID-19 pandemic, under the same
     7  vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of  expiration  unless
     8  the  for-hire  vehicle  owner  opts to renew at the current requirement.
     9  For-hire vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired  license  during
    10  this  open  window  shall  not  be penalized, such as through additional
    11  charges or fees.
    12    § 3. For the purposes of this act, the COVID-19 pandemic is deemed  to
    13  have  begun  upon  the issuance of Executive Order 202 on March 7, 2020,
    14  and is deemed to have ended upon the expiration of  Executive  Order  11
    15  after September 12, 2022.
    16    § 4. For purposes of this act, "for-hire vehicle", "owner", and "vehi-
    17  cle license" shall mean the same as defined by local law or regulation.
    18    §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11093-01-3