Bill Text: NY S07448 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the counties of Dutchess and Ulster to regulate the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07448 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07448-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7448
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GIPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the  vehicle  and  traffic
         law, in relation to authorizing the counties of Dutchess and Ulster to
         regulate  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. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal law,
    2  as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws  of  2012,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
    5  of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
    6  nances  regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and limou-
    7  sines and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau  may
    8  adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
    9  and  the county of Suffolk may adopt ordinances regulating the registra-
   10  tion of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles; [and] the  county  of
   11  Rockland  may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration
   12  and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles and may limit
   13  the number to be licensed; THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS MAY ADOPT  LOCAL  LAWS
   14  OR  ORDINANCES  REGULATING  THE  REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF TAXICABS,
   15  LIMOUSINES, AND LIVERY VEHICLES AND MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER TO BE LICENSED;
   16  AND THE COUNTY OF ULSTER MAY ADOPT LOCAL LAWS OR  ORDINANCES  REGULATING
   17  THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF TAXICABS, LIMOUSINES, AND LIVERY VEHI-
   18  CLES AND MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER TO BE LICENSED.
   19    S  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the vehicle and
   20  traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of  the  laws
   21  of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   22    b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
   23  million  or  more,  or a county within New York state contiguous to such
   24  city [or], the county of Suffolk [or], the county of Rockland, THE COUN-
   25  TY OF DUTCHESS OR THE COUNTY OF ULSTER, that requires the issuance of  a
   26  license,  permit,  registration,  certification  or other approval for a
   27  vehicle to perform the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one  or  more
   28  passengers in such jurisdiction for compensation.
   29    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13345-02-4