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                                   984

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER, WEPRIN, COLTON, ROBINSON, MAISEL, HOOPER
  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CAMARA, GABRYSZAK, GIBSON,
  GOODELL, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, THIELE -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring safety
  reports to potential customers of contract carriers of  passengers  by
  motor vehicle

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11.  NO CONTRACT CARRIER OF PASSENGERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED BY
SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  ENTER  INTO  A
CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES FOR ANY CUSTOMER WITHOUT FIRST PROVIDING
THAT CUSTOMER WITH:
  A. A COPY, IN WRITING, OF THE CONTRACT  CARRIER'S  THREE  MOST  RECENT
FEDERAL  SAFETY  MEASUREMENT  SYSTEM (SMS) SCORES; PROVIDED THAT, IF THE
CONTRACT CARRIER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SCORES FOR  ANY  YEAR  OR  YEARS
PRIOR TO TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, THE CONTRACT CARRIER MAY PROVIDE THE SCORE
OR  SCORES CALCULATED BY THE SAFETY STATUS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (SAFESTAT)
FOR THAT YEAR OR YEARS; AND
  B. AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SCORES WERE CALCULATED AND WHAT THE SCORE
MEANS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00674-02-3