Bill Text: NY S02978 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires charter buses to use commercial global positioning system technology which takes into account the minimum clearance of the motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-06 - VETOED MEMO.177 [S02978 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02978-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2978--A Cal. No. 151 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 31, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv- ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring charter buses to use commercial global positioning system technology The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 54 to read as follows: 3 54. Charter bus commercial GPS. (a) Every charter bus registered in 4 this state shall be equipped with commercial global positioning (GPS) 5 technology. 6 (b) It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated a charter 7 bus registered in this state on any public highway or private road open 8 to public motor vehicle traffic unless such charter bus is equipped with 9 commercial global positioning system (GPS) technology as required by 10 this subdivision. 11 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision: 12 (i) "Charter bus" shall mean a bus transporting passengers for compen- 13 sation in chartered party. 14 (ii) "Chartered party" shall mean a group of persons who, pursuant to 15 a common purpose and under a single contract and at a fixed charge, have 16 acquired exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a group to a 17 specific destination or for a particular itinerary either agreed upon in 18 advance or modified after having left the place of origin by such group. 19 (iii) "Commercial global positioning system (GPS) technology" shall 20 mean global positioning system (GPS) technology which has been specif- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08020-03-9S. 2978--A 2 1 ically designed to assist in the navigation of commercial motor vehicles 2 which includes, but is not limited to, selection of routes which take 3 into account the minimum clearance, weight restriction or turning radius 4 of such commercial motor vehicle. 5 § 2. This act shall be deemed repealed if any federal agency or any 6 court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would 7 render New York state out of compliance with federal law or regulation. 8 § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, 9 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris- 10 diction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invali- 11 date the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to 12 the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof 13 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have 14 been rendered. 15 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 16 law; provided that the commissioner of transportation shall notify the 17 legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the 18 provisions of section two of this act in order that the commission may 19 maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text 20 of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the 21 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the 22 public officers law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 23 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 24 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 25 completed on or before such effective date.