S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4069
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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
reinspection required for the issuance of a certificate of inspection
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.