Bill Text: NY S05405 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle licenses, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such licenses for the purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-21 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S05405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05405-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5405
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 30, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative  code
          of  the  city  of New York, in relation to requiring background checks
          for for-hire vehicle licenses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  article 17-D to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 17-D
     4               BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE LICENSES
     5  Section 499-m. Background check for for-hire vehicle licenses.
     6    § 499-m. Background check for for-hire vehicle licenses. Prior to  the
     7  issuance  of a taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire
     8  vehicle license, the applicant for such license shall  be  fingerprinted
     9  by  the  licensing  authority  authorized  to issue such license for the
    10  purpose of securing criminal history records from both the  state  divi-
    11  sion  of  criminal  justice  services and the federal bureau of investi-
    12  gation.  The applicant shall pay any  processing  fee  required  by  the
    13  state  division  of  criminal justice services and the federal bureau of
    14  investigation. Fingerprints shall be taken of the  individual  owner  if
    15  the  applicant  is  a  sole  proprietorship; the general partners if the
    16  applicant is a partnership; the officers, principals,  and  stockholders
    17  owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation
    18  if the applicant is a corporation.
    19    § 2. Subdivision l of section 19-504 of the administrative code of the
    20  city  of  New  York, as added by local law number 115 of the city of New
    21  York for the year 1993, is amended and a new subdivision s is  added  to
    22  read as follows:
    23    l.  Prior  to  the  issuance  of a commuter van license, the applicant
    24  shall be fingerprinted for the  purpose  of  securing  criminal  history
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07298-01-9
        S. 5405                             2
     1  records  from  both  the state division of criminal justice services and
     2  the federal bureau of investigation.  The applicant shall pay any  proc-
     3  essing  fee  required by the state division of criminal justice services
     4  and the federal bureau of investigation.  Fingerprints shall be taken of
     5  the  individual  owner  if  the  applicant is a sole proprietorship; the
     6  general partners if the applicant is a partnership; the officers,  prin-
     7  cipals, and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding
     8  stock of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation.
     9    s.  Prior to the issuance of a taxicab, limousine, paratransit or for-
    10  hire vehicle license, the  applicant  shall  be  fingerprinted  for  the
    11  purpose  of  securing criminal history records from both the state divi-
    12  sion of criminal justice services and the  federal  bureau  of  investi-
    13  gation. The applicant shall pay any processing fee required by the state
    14  division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investi-
    15  gation.  Fingerprints  shall  be  taken  of  the individual owner if the
    16  applicant is a sole proprietorship; the general partners if  the  appli-
    17  cant is a partnership; the officers, principals, and stockholders owning
    18  more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation if the
    19  applicant is a corporation.
    20    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.