STATE OF NEW YORK
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8929
IN SENATE
June 6, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending workers'
compensation coverage to certain TNC drivers; and to amend part AAA of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, amending the vehicle and traffic law
and other laws relating to the regulation of transportation network
company services and establishing the New York State TNC Accessibility
Task Force and the New York state transportation network company
review board, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 160-cc of the
2 executive law, as added by section 11 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the
3 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) For the purposes of the administration of this article, a black
5 car operator shall include a TNC driver that is logged onto a TNC
6 digital network and is not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip but is
7 engaged in an activity reasonably related to driving as a TNC driver
8 taking into consideration the time, place and manner of such activity[,
9 however, that this paragraph shall only apply to a TNC driver permitted
10 pursuant to article forty-four-B of the vehicle and traffic law within
11 twelve months of the effective date of this paragraph].
12 § 2. Section 26 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017 amending
13 the vehicle and traffic law and other laws relating to the regulation of
14 transportation network company services and establishing the New York
15 State TNC Accessibility Task Force and the New York state transportation
16 network company review board, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of
17 2017, is amended to read as follows:
18 § 26. This act shall take effect on the eightieth day after it shall
19 have become a law; provided that the amendments to subdivision 1 of
20 section 171-a of the tax law made by section fifteen of this act shall
21 not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall expire there-
22 with, when upon such date the provisions of section sixteen of this act
23 shall take effect[; provided however that coverage provided pursuant to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 160-cc of the executive law as
2 added by section eleven of this act shall be deemed repealed one year
3 from the effective date of this act; provided, further, that any TNC
4 driver permitted to operate prior to the repeal of such paragraph shall
5 not see a reduction in coverage].
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.