Bill Text: NY A06735 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6735 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to cities [A06735 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06735-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6735
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  allowing  commuter vans to accept hails from prospective
          passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
          relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
     2  of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of  the  city
     3  of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
     5  ity  of  at least nine passengers but not more than twenty passengers or
     6  such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
     7  ing passengers for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter  van  by
     8  the  commission  [and  not  permitted  to  accept hails from prospective
     9  passengers in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of this  chap-
    10  ter  relating  to  prohibitions against the operation of an unauthorized
    11  commuter van service or an unlicensed commuter van, the  enforcement  of
    12  such prohibitions and the imposition of penalties for violations of such
    13  prohibitions  and  to  the  seizure and forfeiture of commuter vans, the
    14  term shall also include any common carrier of passengers by motor  vehi-
    15  cle  not  subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire vehicle, or wheel-
    16  chair accessible van and not operating as a public or private bus trans-
    17  it service operated pursuant to a contract with  the  city,  any  county
    18  within  the  state of New York, the state of New York or any other state
    19  or local government that follows the applicable  procurement  rules  and
    20  regulations  of  such jurisdiction regardless of the seating capacity of
    21  any such vehicle. The commission shall submit to the council the text of
    22  any proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity of commuter  vans  at
    23  the time such proposed rule is published in the City Record.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07204-03-9

        A. 6735                             2
     1    § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
     2  tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
     3  the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  A  taxi-cab,  coach,  wheelchair  accessible van, commuter van or
     5  for-hire vehicle shall operate within the city of New York only  if  the
     6  owner  shall  first  have obtained from the commission a taxicab, coach,
     7  wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license  for
     8  such  vehicle  and  only while such license is in full force and effect.
     9  Vehicle licenses shall be issued for a term of not  less  than  one  nor
    10  more  than  two  years  and  shall  expire  on the date set forth on the
    11  license unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commission.  No  motor
    12  vehicle  other  than  a  duly  licensed taxicab or commuter van shall be
    13  permitted to accept hails from passengers in the street. No commuter van
    14  shall be operated within the city of New York unless it is  operated  as
    15  part of a current, valid authorization to operate a commuter van service
    16  duly issued by the commission pursuant to section 19-504.2 of this chap-
    17  ter.
    18    §  3.  The  section heading and subdivision a of section 19-516 of the
    19  administrative code of the city of New  York,  the  section  heading  as
    20  amended  by  local  law  number 115 of the city of New York for the year
    21  1993 and subdivision a as amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012,  are
    22  amended to read as follows:
    23    Acceptance  of  passengers  by  for-hire vehicles [and commuter vans].
    24  [a.] For-hire vehicles that do not possess  a  valid  HAIL  license  may
    25  accept passengers only on the basis of telephone contract or prearrange-
    26  ment. The commission or successor agency may establish such disciplinary
    27  actions  as  it deems appropriate for failure to abide by the provisions
    28  of this chapter.
    29    § 4. Subdivision b of section 19-516 of the administrative code of the
    30  city of New York is REPEALED.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.