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

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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-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7219--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 12, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        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.   Subdivision 5 of section 1692 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    5.  A TNC's digital network shall display a picture of the TNC driver,
     5  and provide the make, model, color and license plate number of  the  TNC
     6  vehicle  utilized  for  providing  the  TNC  prearranged trip before the
     7  passenger enters the TNC vehicle.  The digital network shall also enable
     8  the passenger to scan, with the passenger's mobile device, the vehicle's
     9  scanable code decal required by section sixteen  hundred  ninety-six  of
    10  this  article, prior to entering the vehicle and prior to the release of
    11  payment, in order to confirm that the vehicle is the one authorized  for
    12  the passenger's prearranged trip.
    13    §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 of section 1696
    14  of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2  of  part  AAA  of
    15  chapter  59  of the laws of 2017, are amended and a new subdivision 6 is
    16  added to read as follows:
    17    (c) Upon review of all information received and retained  by  the  TNC
    18  and  upon  verifying that the individual is not disqualified pursuant to
    19  this section from receiving a TNC driver permit, a TNC may issue  a  TNC
    20  driver  permit  to  the  applicant. The TNC shall review all information
    21  received relating to such applicant and hold such  information  for  six
    22  years  along  with  a  certification  that  such  applicant qualifies to
    23  receive a TNC driver permit. The department shall design and  promulgate
    24  a  TNC driver identification card to be issued by a TNC when such TNC is

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11064-02-9

        A. 7219--A                          2

     1  issuing a TNC driver permit to an applicant.  Such TNC driver  identifi-
     2  cation card shall at a minimum include the TNC driver's name, photograph
     3  and  license plate number. A TNC driver who is providing the TNC service
     4  or  TNC prearranged trip shall prominently display such TNC driver iden-
     5  tification card in the TNC vehicle.
     6    5. The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure that each TNC
     7  vehicle is easily identified as such and that the TNC for which the  TNC
     8  driver  is  providing the TNC service or TNC prearranged trip is distin-
     9  guishable. Such marking shall be in such form  as  is  approved  by  the
    10  commissioner, which shall at a minimum include an illuminated sign indi-
    11  cating  the TNC for which the TNC driver is providing the TNC service or
    12  TNC prearranged trip, and shall be attached,  affixed  or  displayed  in
    13  such manner as he or she may prescribe by regulation.
    14    6.  The  department  shall  promulgate regulations to require each TNC
    15  company to provide each TNC driver with a scanable code decal, such as a
    16  quick response or QR code decal,  and  to  require  such  decals  to  be
    17  displayed  on  the  outside  of  each  TNC vehicle. Such decals shall be
    18  designed to allow the passenger to confirm, prior to entering the  vehi-
    19  cle,  that  the  vehicle  is  the authorized vehicle for the passenger's
    20  prearranged trip, using the TNC's digital network as set forth in subdi-
    21  vision five of section sixteen hundred ninety-two of this article.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have  become a law; provided, however that section one of this act shall
    24  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have  become
    25  a  law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
    26  any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
    27  its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
    28  such effective date.
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