assembly Bill A7948

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; repealer

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Jan 03, 2018 referred to cities
May 23, 2017 referred to cities

A7948 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6621
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19-502, 19-504 & 19-516, rpld §19-516 sub b, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6735, S2781, S6305
2021-2022: A1470, A9731, S5320
2023-2024: A2653, S6781

A7948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.

A7948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7948

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2017
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD07041-02-7