The New York State Senate

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                                  7948

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2017
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Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- 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  allowing  commuter vans to accept hails from prospective
  passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
  relating thereto

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

  Section  1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as added by local law number 115 of the city of
New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
  p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
ity of at least nine passengers but not more than twenty  passengers  or
such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
ing  passengers  for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter van by
the commission [and not  permitted  to  accept  hails  from  prospective
passengers  in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of this chap-
ter relating to prohibitions against the operation  of  an  unauthorized
commuter  van  service or an unlicensed commuter van and to the enforce-
ment of such  prohibitions  and  to  the  imposition  of  penalties  for
violations  of such prohibitions, the term shall also include any common
carrier of passengers by motor vehicle not subject  to  licensure  as  a
taxicab, for-hire vehicle, or wheelchair accessible van or not operating
as  an authorized bus line pursuant to applicable provisions of law. The
commission shall submit to the council the text  of  any  proposed  rule
relating  to  the  maximum  capacity  of  commuter vans at the time such
proposed rule is published in the City Record.
  § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (1) A taxi-cab, coach, wheelchair  accessible  van,  commuter  van  or
for-hire  vehicle  shall operate within the city of New York only if the
owner shall first have obtained from the commission  a  taxicab,  coach,
wheelchair  accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license for
such  vehicle  and  only while such license is in full force and effect.
Vehicle licenses shall be issued for a term of not  less  than  one  nor
more  than  two  years  and  shall  expire  on the date set forth on the
license unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commission.  No  motor
vehicle  other  than  a  duly  licensed taxicab OR COMMUTER VAN shall be
permitted to accept hails from passengers in the street. No commuter van
shall be operated within the city of New York unless it is  operated  as
part of a current, valid authorization to operate a commuter van service
duly issued by the commission pursuant to section 19-504.2 of this chap-
ter.
  §  3.  The  section heading and subdivision a of section 19-516 of the
administrative code of the city of New  York,  the  section  heading  as
amended  by  local  law  number 115 of the city of New York for the year
1993 and subdivision a as amended by chapter 9 of the laws of  2012,  is
amended to read as follows:
  Acceptance  of  passengers  by  for-hire vehicles [and commuter vans].
[a.] For-hire vehicles that do not possess  a  valid  HAIL  license  may
accept passengers only on the basis of telephone contract or prearrange-
ment. The commission or successor agency may establish such disciplinary
actions  as  it deems appropriate for failure to abide by the provisions
of this chapter.
  § 4. Subdivision b of section 19-516 of the administrative code of the
city of New York is REPEALED.
  § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.