Bill Text: NY S07342 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to changing the licensing requirement to allow drivers with valid driver's licenses from other states to act as a transportation network company driver in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07342 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07342-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         7342--A
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE, BOYLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 licens-
          ing requirement of an individual acting as  a  transportation  network
          company driver
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
     2  section 1696 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 60 of
     3  the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (iv) does not possess a valid [New York] driver's license;
     5    §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section
     6  1696 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 2 of part AAA
     7  of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     8    (ii) The department may promulgate regulations authorizing  additional
     9  LENS notifications as the commissioner deems necessary to protect public
    10  health  and  safety; and, notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this para-
    11  graph, shall promulgate regulations regarding the receipt  of  notifica-
    12  tions  of  traffic  violations  by  TNC  drivers with a driver's license
    13  issued by a state other than New York.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    16  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    17  this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
    18  and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13800-03-8
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