Bill Text: NY S07296 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows the city of Syracuse to adopt ordinances regulating the registration and licensing of limousines and livery vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07296 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07296-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7296--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 9, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
         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 the regulation of limousines and livery vehicles
         in the city of Syracuse
         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 separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws  of  2012,  is
    3  amended to read as 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 ordinances regulating the registra-
   10  tion of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles;  and  the  county  of
   11  Rockland  may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration
   12  and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles and may limit
   13  the number to be licensed; AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES
   14  REGULATING THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF LIMOUSINES AND LIVERY VEHI-
   15  CLES AND MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER TO BE LICENSED.
   16    S 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
   21  city  [or],  the  county of Suffolk [or], the county of Rockland, OR THE
   22  CITY OF SYRACUSE, that requires  the  issuance  of  a  license,  permit,
   23  registration,  certification  or other approval for a vehicle to perform
   24  the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one or more passengers  in  such
   25  jurisdiction for compensation.
   26    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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