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Jun 20, 2018 |
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Senate Bill S8207
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2017-S8207 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S8207 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8207 SPONSOR: HANNON TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring charter buses to use commercial global positioning system technology PURPOSE: To ensure that every charter bus has a commercial global positioning system while operating in New York. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding section 509-dd, which requires that every charter bus must have a commercial global positioning system in order to operate in New York. For this purpose, a charter bus will be any bus transporting passengers for compensation in chartered party, where the two groups have a common purpose and under a single contract agree to a specific destination and itinerary. The
2017-S8207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8207 I N S E N A T E April 18, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 charter buses to use commercial global positioning system technology THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 509-dd to read as follows: § 509-DD. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARTER BUSES. (1) NO DRIVER SHALL OPERATE A CHARTER BUS AND A MOTOR CARRIER SHALL NOT PERMIT A DRIV- ER TO OPERATE A CHARTER BUS WITHOUT THE USE OF COMMERCIAL GLOBAL POSI- TIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY. (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "CHARTER BUS" SHALL MEAN A BUS TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR COMPEN- SATION IN CHARTERED PARTY. (B) "CHARTERED PARTY" SHALL MEAN A GROUP OF PERSONS WHO, PURSUANT TO A COMMON PURPOSE AND UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT AND AT A FIXED CHARGE, HAVE ACQUIRED EXCLUSIVE USE OF A BUS TO TRAVEL TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO A SPECIFIC DESTINATION OR FOR A PARTICULAR ITINERARY EITHER AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE OR MODIFIED AFTER HAVING LEFT THE PLACE OF ORIGIN BY SUCH GROUP. (C) "COMMERCIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY" SHALL MEAN GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE NAVIGATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, SELECTION OF ROUTES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15423-01-8
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