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Assembly Bill A8269

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to accessible side entry for taxicabs and livery vehicles

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2015-A8269 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง375, V & T L

2015-A8269 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to accessible side entry for taxicabs and livery vehicles.

2015-A8269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8269

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to accessible
  side entry for taxicab and livery vehicles

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

  Section  1.  Section  375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
  52. ACCESSIBLE SIDE ENTRY FOR TAXICAB AND LIVERY VEHICLES.  (A)  EVERY
TAXICAB  AND  LIVERY REGISTERED IN THIS STATE THAT IS REQUIRED BY LOCAL,
STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION TO BE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, OR IN ANY
WAY ADVERTISES ITS SERVICES AS ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH  DISABILI-
TIES  AND  INDIVIDUALS WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS, MUST BE: (I) BUILT AS WHEEL-
CHAIR ACCESSIBLE BY THE VEHICLE'S ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (OEM),
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  (II)
EQUIPPED  TO ALLOW ALL PASSENGERS TO ENTER THE VEHICLE THROUGH A PASSEN-
GER COMPARTMENT SIDE DOOR.
  (B) A VEHICLE NOT BUILT  AS  WHEELCHAIR  ACCESSIBLE  BY  THE  ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT  MANUFACTURER  AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONVERTED, MODIFIED OR ALTERED
TO BE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MAY BE USED  AS  AN  ACCESSIBLE  TAXICAB  OR
LIVERY  VEHICLE, PROVIDED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL REQUIRE
THE END MANUFACTURER OF ANY MODEL  OF  CONVERTED,  ALTERED  OR  MODIFIED
VEHICLE  TO  SUBMIT  CRASH  TEST  AND SAFETY DATA TO THE DEPARTMENT. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH THIS DATA FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AT  A  REGULAR
INTERVAL AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law, provided that this act shall apply to taxi-
cab and livery vehicles registered with a state or  local  authority  on
and after such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11626-01-5

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