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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S674
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S674 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §375, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S5591
2019-2020: S1531
2017-S674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S674 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring safe passenger access to all for-hire vehicles PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would require all taxicabs and other for-hire vehicles that are required to be handicap accessible or advertises as accessible to individuals with disabilities and individuals who use wheelchairs to provide side-entry capabilities for those passengers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the vehicle and traffic law to require all taxicabs and livery vehicles in the state that are required by local, state, or federal law or regulation to be handicap accessible, or in any way advertise its services as accessible to individuals with disabilities and individuals who use wheelchairs, to be built as wheelchair accessible by the vehicle's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and provide side-entry for all passengers. Paragraph (b) allows converted vehicles to be used as a taxicab or livery vehicle with the approval of the Department of Transportation.
2017-S674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 674 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring safe passenger access to all for-hire 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 TAXICAB OR LIVERY VEHICLE NOT BUILT AS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BY THE OEM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONVERTED, MODIFIED OR ALTERED TO BE WHEEL- CHAIR ACCESSIBLE, MAY ONLY BE USED AS A TAXICAB OR LIVERY VEHICLE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CRASH TEST AND SAFETY DATA FOR THE MODEL OF CONVERTED, ALTERED, OR MODIFIED VEHICLE AND CONSIDER THIS DATA IN MAKING A DETERMINATION TO CERTIFY THE VEHICLE FOR USE AS A TAXICAB OR LIVERY VEHICLE, EXCEPT THAT, NO CONVERTED, ALTERED OR MODI- FIED VEHICLE MAY BE CERTIFIED THAT HAS NOT BEEN CRASH-TESTED AND THE RESULTS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ISSUE RULES TO GOVERN THE APPROVAL PROCESS SET OUT IN THIS PARAGRAPH AND NO CONVERTED, MODIFIED OR ALTERED VEHICLE MAY BE APPROVED FOR USE AS A TRANSPORTATION TAXICAB OR LIVERY VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH RULES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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