Bill Text: NY A02188 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the display of a bus driver's credentials prominently while he or she is on duty and changes the review of his or her files by the department from every three years to annually.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A02188 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2188
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the display-
          ing  of  a bus driver's credentials while he or she is on duty and the
          review of his or her files
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  3 and 4 of section 509-b of the vehicle and
     2  traffic law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of  1985,  are  amended
     3  and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
     4    (3) has passed the bus driver physical examination administered pursu-
     5  ant to regulations established by the commissioner; [and]
     6    (4)  is  not disqualified to drive a motor vehicle pursuant to section
     7  five hundred nine-c of this article or any other provision of this arti-
     8  cle[.]; and
     9    (5) displays prominently, in the front of  the  bus,  the  credentials
    10  issued  by  the  department  as required in subdivision eight of section
    11  five hundred nine-m of this article as proof of his  or  her  qualifica-
    12  tions while he or she is on duty.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 509-m of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    14  added  by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended and a new subdivi-
    15  sion 8 is added to read as follows:
    16    1. At least once [every three years] annually, review the  bus  driver
    17  files  of  each  motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner
    18  may review such bus driver files at his discretion  at  any  other  time
    19  during regular business hours.
    20    8.  Issue  new  credentials,  designed for public display, which shall
    21  serve as proof that a bus driver is qualified under section five hundred
    22  nine-b of this article. Such credentials shall be re-issued annually.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03968-01-9