| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2977
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2013-S2977 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S2977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2977
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime
of assault of an operator of a for-hire vehicle
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: To protect taxi workers from being
assaulted on the job by posting signs in taxis alerting passengers of
the punishment for assaulting taxi workers.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 titles the bill the "taxi driver protection act."
Section 2 amends section 60.07 of the penal law to require every for-
hire vehicle to post a sign on the interior of such vehicle that states
"ATTENTION: Assaulting a Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five
Years In Prison," provided, that operators of livery or black car vehi-
cles shall have the right but not the obligation to post such a sign
while providing for-hire vehicle services.
Section 3 provides for the act to take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION: According to the Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration, taxi workers are thirty times more likely to be killed on the
job than other workers. New York City is home to the largest taxi driver
industry in the country.
2013-S2977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2977
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of assault of an
operator of a for-hire vehicle
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv-
er protection act".
S 2. Section 60.07 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 3 to read as follows:
3. EVERY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SHALL POST A SIGN ON THE INTERIOR OF SUCH
VEHICLE STATING IN NOT LESS THAN SIXTEEN POINT PRINT THAT "ATTENTION:
ASSAULTING A TAXI DRIVER IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN
PRISON" PROVIDED, THAT OPERATORS OF LIVERY OR BLACK CAR VEHICLES SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO POST SUCH A SIGN WHILE PROVID-
ING FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06046-01-3
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