Assembly Bill A10970

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extending workers' compensation coverage to certain TNC drivers

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8929 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A10970 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8929
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160-cc, Exec L; amd part AAA §26, Chap 59 of 2017

2017-A10970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending workers' compensation coverage to certain TNC drivers including a TNC driver that is logged onto a TNC digital network and is not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip but is engaged in an activity reasonably related to driving as a TNC driver.

2017-A10970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10970
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to extending workers'
   compensation coverage to certain TNC drivers; and to amend part AAA of
   chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, amending the vehicle and  traffic  law
   and  other  laws  relating to the regulation of transportation network
   company services and establishing the New York State TNC Accessibility
   Task Force and the  New  York  state  transportation  network  company
   review board, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of  section  160-cc  of  the
 executive  law,  as added by section 11 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) For the purposes of the administration of this  article,  a  black
 car  operator  shall  include  a  TNC  driver  that is logged onto a TNC
 digital network and is not engaged in a  TNC  prearranged  trip  but  is
 engaged  in  an  activity  reasonably related to driving as a TNC driver
 taking into consideration the time, place and manner of such  activity[,
 however,  that this paragraph shall only apply to a TNC driver permitted
 pursuant to article forty-four-B of the vehicle and traffic  law  within
 twelve months of the effective date of this paragraph].
   § 2. Section 26 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017 amending
 the vehicle and traffic law and other laws relating to the regulation of
 transportation  network  company  services and establishing the New York
 State TNC Accessibility Task Force and the New York state transportation
 network company review board, as amended by chapter 34 of  the  laws  of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   §  26.  This act shall take effect on the eightieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided that the  amendments  to  subdivision  1  of
 section  171-a  of the tax law made by section fifteen of this act shall
 not affect the expiration of such subdivision and  shall  expire  there-
 with,  when upon such date the provisions of section sixteen of this act
 shall take effect[; provided however that coverage provided pursuant  to

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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