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Assembly Bill A2012

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the registering of pedicabs, and providing a permit for pedicab drivers

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2009-A2012 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§130-b & 498-a, amd §401, V & T L

2009-A2012 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the registering of pedicabs, and providing a permit for pedicab drivers.

2009-A2012 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2012

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
  tering of the pedicab industry

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

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 130-b to read as follows:
  S 130-B. PEDICAB. A TWO OR MORE WHEELED DEVICE UPON WHICH A PERSON  OR
PERSONS  MAY  RIDE,  PROPELLED BY HUMAN POWER THROUGH A BELT, A CHAIN OR
GEARS, WITH SUCH WHEELS IN A TANDEM OR TRICYCLE, USED IN THE BUSINESS OF
TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR COMPENSATION.
  S 2. The subdivision heading, the opening paragraph, and schedule C of
subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended
by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
  Registration  fees  for  auto trucks, tractors, buses, taxicabs, PEDI-
CABS, livery and certain other motor vehicles. The registration fees  to
be  paid upon the registration or reregistration, in accordance with the
provisions of this article, of buses, of motor vehicles  constructed  or
specially  equipped  for the transportation of goods, wares and merchan-
dise, commonly known as auto trucks or light delivery cars, of taxicabs,
PEDICABS, livery and of certain other motor  vehicles  specified  herein
are hereby established as follows:
  C. Schedule for taxicabs, PEDICABS and livery. For each taxicab, PEDI-
CAB  or  livery  having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the
driver, of five persons or less, the annual fee of  twenty-five  dollars
and  thirty  cents.  For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for
passengers, excluding the driver, of not less than six persons, nor more
than seven persons, the annual fee of forty-one dollars and forty cents.
For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers,  exclud-
ing  the  driver,  of  at  least  eight  persons,  but not more than ten

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05372-01-9
              

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