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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MILLMAN,  TITONE,  GIBSON, WEPRIN, MAISEL --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BOYLAND,  MARKEY  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Cities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to requiring inspection stickers to be visible to the public

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

  Section  1. Subdivision f of section 19-504 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 44 of  the  city
of New York for the year 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  f.  All  taxicabs now or hereafter licensed pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter shall be inspected at an inspection facility operated by
the commission at least once every four months,  in  accordance  with  a
procedure  to  be  established  by the commission WHEREIN SUCH PROCEDURE
SHALL INCLUDE AFFIXING TO THE TAXICAB  IN  A  LOCATION  VISIBLE  TO  THE
GENERAL  PUBLIC,  A  STICKER INDICATING THE DATE FOR THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT
INSPECTION REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.   All  other  vehicles  now  or
hereafter licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter other than
commuter  vans  shall  be  inspected  at  official  inspection  stations
licensed by the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to section three
hundred three of the vehicle and traffic law at least  once  every  four
months  in  accordance with the regulations of the commissioner of motor
vehicles, codified in part seventy-nine of title fifteen of the official
compilation of codes, rules and regulations of the state of New York (15
N.Y.C.R.R. part 79). All commuter vans now or hereafter licensed  pursu-
ant  to the provisions of this chapter shall be inspected and shall meet
safety standards as provided  in  paragraph  two  of  subdivision  a  of
section  19-504.3  of  this  chapter.  If  any taxicab fails to pass its
inspection for any reason relating to the  requirements  established  by
the  New  York  state  department  of  motor vehicles, it shall be rein-
spected. The fee payable to the commission for each inspection and  each

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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reinspection  required  for  the issuance of a certificate of inspection
for a taxicab, inclusive of the issuance of such certificate, shall  not
exceed  ninety  dollars  for  the first inspection and fifty dollars for
each  reinspection.  The fees payable to the official inspection station
for the inspection and the issuance of a certificate of  inspection  for
all  other  licensed vehicles other than commuter vans shall be the fees
charged and collected pursuant to section  three  hundred  five  of  the
vehicle  and  traffic law. The commission or any other agency authorized
by law may conduct on-street inspections of vehicles  licensed  pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter. The date of the inspection of a taxi-
cab,  THE  DATE  OF  THE  NEXT SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AS REQUIRED BY THIS
SUBDIVISION, and the signature of  the  persons  making  the  inspection
shall  be recorded upon the rate card in the space provided therefor. An
owner shall be ordered by the commission to repair or replace his or her
licensed vehicle where it appears that it no longer meets the reasonable
standards for safe operation prescribed by the commission. Upon  failure
of such owner to have his or her vehicle inspected or to comply with any
such  order  within ten days after service thereof, the license shall be
suspended; upon failure of such owner to  comply  with  any  such  order
within  one  hundred twenty days after service thereof, the license may,
at the discretion of the commission, be deemed to have been abandoned by
nonuser.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.