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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMEL, HOOPER, WEISENBERG, WALKER, ALFANO,
  McKEVITT, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  RAIA  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to inter-juris-
  dictional transportation of passengers for hire

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

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the  vehicle
and traffic law, as added by chapter 549 of the laws of 2006, is amended
to read as follows:
  b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
million  or  more,  or a county within New York state contiguous to such
city, that requires the issuance of  a  license,  permit,  registration,
certification  or  other  approval  for  a  vehicle  to perform the pre-
arranged pick up or drop off of one or more passengers in such jurisdic-
tion for compensation OR A VILLAGE, CITY OR TOWN WITHIN SUCH  A  CONTIG-
UOUS  COUNTY,  WHERE  SUCH  COUNTY  IS  COMPRISED OF THREE TOWNS AND TWO
CITIES, AND, WHERE SUCH VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNS WERE  REGULATING  THE
OPERATION  OF  PRE-ARRANGED  FOR-HIRE  VEHICLES PRIOR TO JUNE FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND SIX.
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 498 of  the  vehicle  and
traffic  law, as added by chapter 549 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
read as follows:
  a. A pre-arranged for-hire vehicle that is licensed to provide pre-ar-
ranged transportation for compensation by a licensing jurisdiction meet-
ing the standards and requirements set forth in subdivisions three, four
and six of this section shall be authorized to  pick  up  passengers  in
such  jurisdiction for drop off within the same jurisdiction, to pick up
passengers in another licensing jurisdiction for  drop  off  within  the
licensing  jurisdiction licensing such pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, to

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

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drop off passengers in another licensing jurisdiction who were picked up
within the licensing jurisdiction licensing such  pre-arranged  for-hire
vehicle,  and to transit other licensing jurisdictions. No other licens-
ing  jurisdiction  may require a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle providing
pre-arranged transportation for compensation, which  is  licensed  by  a
licensing  jurisdiction meeting the standards and requirements set forth
in subdivisions three, four and six of this section, to also be licensed
by such other licensing jurisdiction or to pay any pre-arranged for-hire
vehicle license fee in order to be  allowed  to  pick  up  or  drop  off
passengers within or to transit such jurisdiction. A licensing jurisdic-
tion  meeting  the  standards and requirements set forth in subdivisions
three, four and six of this section shall provide  written  confirmation
thereof  to other licensing jurisdictions, containing information suffi-
cient to establish that such licensing jurisdiction meets all such stan-
dards and requirements, and which shall  be  verifiable  by  such  other
licensing  jurisdictions. Such written confirmation shall be resubmitted
to such other licensing jurisdictions every three years. FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TOWNS ACTING AS A LICENSING
JURISDICTION WITHIN A CERTAIN COUNTY  AS  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH
SHALL NOT ISSUE THE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT
SUCH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION SHALL BE ISSUED BY SUCH COUNTY PURSUANT TO THE
PROCEDURE  CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WITHIN A
COUNTY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHERE SUCH COUNTY  IS  COMPRISED
OF  THREE  TOWNS  AND  TWO  CITIES, AND WITHIN SUCH COUNTY THE TOWNS AND
CITIES AND SEVERAL OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGES LICENSED  AND  REGULATED
PRE-ARRANGED  FOR-HIRE VEHICLE OPERATIONS PRIOR TO JUNE FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND SIX, SUCH TOWNS, CITIES AND VILLAGES ARE AUTHORIZED TO CONTINUE  TO
LICENSE  AND  REGULATE  THE  OPERATION OF SUCH VEHICLES PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION PROVIDED SUCH TOWN, CITY OR  VILLAGE  MEETS  THE  STANDARDS  AND
REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISIONS  THREE,  FOUR AND SIX OF THIS
SECTION. WHEN A PRE-ARRANGED FOR-HIRE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LICENSED BY  SUCH
TOWN,  CITY OR VILLAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS
OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE, FOUR AND SIX OF THIS SECTION, THE LICENSING OFFI-
CER OF SUCH TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE SHALL CERTIFY TO THE LICENSING OFFICER
OF SUCH COUNTY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE, FOUR AND SIX
OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN MET AND SUCH COUNTY SHALL NOTIFY  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SUBDIVISION  THE  OTHER  LICENSING  JURISDICTIONS. NOTHING IN THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS REQUIRING A TOWN,  CITY  OR  VILLAGE  TO
CONTINUE THE REGULATION AND LICENSING OF PRE-ARRANGED FOR-HIRE VEHICLES,
AND SUCH TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE MAY ELECT TO CEDE SUCH REGULATORY RESPON-
SIBILITIES  TO  SUCH COUNTY, OR IN THE CASE OF A VILLAGE, TO THE TOWN IN
WHICH IT IS LOCATED. SUCH COUNTY SHALL ENTER INTO THE  APPLICABLE  RECI-
PROCITY  AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF SUCH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE AND UPON THE
CERTIFICATION OF THE LICENSING OFFICER OF SUCH  TOWN,  CITY  OR  VILLAGE
THAT  A  VEHICLE  IS  DULY  LICENSED, ISSUE A LICENSE AS PROVIDED FOR IN
PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.   SUCH COUNTY,  TOWNS,
CITIES  AND  VILLAGES  ARE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO SUCH INTER-MUNICIPAL
AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED  TO  ENSURE  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF  THIS
SECTION, INCLUDING INTRA-COUNTY RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.  IF SUCH VILLAGE,
CITY  OR  TOWN  ELECTS  NOT  TO  REGULATE PRE-ARRANGED FOR-HIRE VEHICLES
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION,  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION
SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  AS LIMITING OR NEGATING THE CONTINUED AUTHORITY OF
SUCH VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNS TO REGULATE CERTAIN  FOR-HIRE  VEHICLES,
TAXICABS,  AND  LIMOUSINES  PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.