Bill Text: NY A07219 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the issuance and display of a TNC driver identification card which includes such driver's name, photograph and license plate number, and additionally requires each TNC vehicle to display an illuminated sign indicating the TNC for which the TNC driver is providing the TNC service or TNC prearranged trip; requires rules to implement a machine-readable code or image.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-10 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [A07219 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07219-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7219
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 12, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  the  iden-
          tification of transportation network company drivers and vehicles
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 of section
     2  1696 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of  part  AAA
     3  of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (c)  Upon  review  of all information received and retained by the TNC
     5  and upon verifying that the individual is not disqualified  pursuant  to
     6  this  section  from receiving a TNC driver permit, a TNC may issue a TNC
     7  driver permit to the applicant. The TNC  shall  review  all  information
     8  received  relating  to  such applicant and hold such information for six
     9  years along with  a  certification  that  such  applicant  qualifies  to
    10  receive a TNC driver permit.  The department shall design and promulgate
    11  a  TNC driver identification card to be issued by a TNC when such TNC is
    12  issuing a TNC driver permit to an applicant.  Such TNC driver  identifi-
    13  cation card shall at a minimum include the TNC driver's name, photograph
    14  and  license plate number. A TNC driver who is providing the TNC service
    15  or TNC prearranged trip shall prominently display such TNC driver  iden-
    16  tification card in the TNC vehicle.
    17    5. The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure that each TNC
    18  vehicle  is easily identified as such and that the TNC for which the TNC
    19  driver is providing the TNC service or TNC prearranged trip  is  distin-
    20  guishable.  Such  marking  shall  be  in such form as is approved by the
    21  commissioner, which shall at a minimum include an illuminated sign indi-
    22  cating the TNC for which the TNC driver is providing the TNC service  or
    23  TNC  prearranged  trip,  and  shall be attached, affixed or displayed in
    24  such manner as he or she may prescribe by regulation.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11064-01-9
        A. 7219                             2
     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
     2  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
     3  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
     4  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
     5  completed on or before such effective date.