Bill Text: NY S05301 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Ulster to regulate the registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7480A [S05301 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05301-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5301--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 13, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the  vehicle  and  traffic
          law,  in  relation to authorizing the county of Ulster to regulate the
          registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and  livery  vehi-
          cles
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  498 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
     5  of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
     6  nances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and  limou-
     7  sines  and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau may
     8  adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
     9  and the county of Suffolk may adopt local laws or ordinances  regulating
    10  the registration of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles; [and] the
    11  county  of  Rockland  may  adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the
    12  registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery  vehicles
    13  and  may  limit  the number to be licensed; and the county of Ulster may
    14  adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration and licensing
    15  of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.
    16    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of  the  vehicle  and
    17  traffic  law,  as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws
    18  of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    19    b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
    20  million or more, or a county within New York state  contiguous  to  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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