Assembly Bill A10475

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10475

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2012
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Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to fines and penalties associated with operation of for-hire
  vehicles in the city of New York

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (i)  of subdivision k of section 19-506 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by  chapter  9  of
the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) A violation of this subdivision shall be A MISDEMEANOR AND punish-
able  by  a  fine  of five hundred dollars for the first violation OR BY
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY SUCH FINE AND IMPRISON-
MENT.   A violation of this  subdivision  shall  be  A  MISDEMEANOR  AND
punishable  by  a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars OR BY IMPRISONMENT
FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS  OR  BY  BOTH  SUCH  FINE  AND
IMPRISONMENT  when  a  driver  has been convicted of a violation of this
subdivision within  the  immediately  preceding  twenty-four  months.  A
violation of this subdivision shall result in revocation of the driver's
license  issued pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (iii) of subdivision a of
section 19-505 of this chapter when such violation  is  committed  by  a
driver  who  has  previously  been  convicted  of two violations of this
section within the immediately preceding one hundred twenty months.
  S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 19-506 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 87  of
the  city  of  New York for the year 1989 and as designated by local law
number 35 of the city of New York for the year 1998, is amended to  read
as follows:
  1.  Any  person who shall permit another to operate or who shall know-
ingly operate or offer to operate for hire any  vehicle  as  a  taxicab,
coach,  wheelchair accessible van or for-hire vehicle in the city, with-
out first having obtained an  appropriate  license  therefor,  shall  be
guilty  of  a [violation hereof] MISDEMEANOR, and upon conviction in the
criminal court shall be punished by a fine of not less than four hundred

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

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dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for  not  more
than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
  S 3. Subdivision c of section 19-506 of the administrative code of the
city  of  New  York  is  amended  by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as
follows:
  (3) A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR AND PUNISH-
ABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS OR  MORE  THAN  ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS OR BY BOTH
SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.