NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2588

Senate Bill S2588

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 28, 2019	referred to cities

2019-S2588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cities
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-506, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5723
2017-2018: S6202
2021-2022: S4572
2023-2024: S3083
2025-2026: S7348

2019-S2588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission.

2019-S2588 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2588

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of
the New York city taxi and limousine commission

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The proposed legislation would amend subdivision 1 of section 19-506 of
the Administrative Code to broaden the misdemeanor crime of fleeing so
that it applies to any driver of a vehicle licensed by the Taxi and
Limousine Commission ("TLC") who flees or attempts to flee when stopped
by a police officer or by a TLC uniformed officer.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Frequently, when a uniformed TLC inspector attempts to stop a vehicle
engaged in for-hire transportation for an observed or suspected

violation of law, the driver of the vehicle simply flees the scene.
Since TLC inspectors are not armed or authorized to give chase, this is
a risk-free way for drivers to avoid enforcement action. The Administra-
tive Code presently punishes fleeing a police officer or a TLC inspector
as a misdemeanor crime, in a provision enacted by the Legislature as
part of the legislation that established street hail livery vehicles in
2012. However, this crime is limited to street hail livery drivers who
flee when stopped in a zone in which they are prohibited from picking up
street hails.

The proposed legislation would change this provision so that it applies
to the driver of any TLC-licensed vehicle who flees when stopped by a
police officer or TLC inspector. This would make it more likely that all
drivers subject to TLC's jurisdiction would obey a TLC stop, enhancing
the enforcement of TLC's regulatory system and preventing the prolifer-
ation of unlicensed drivers. Accordingly, the Mayor urges the earliest
possible favorable consideration of this proposal by the Legislature.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.6202 - Referred to Cities

2017: S.6202 - Third Reading Calendar

2016: S.5723-A - Passed Senate / A.8190-A - Referred to Codes

2015: S.5723-A - Passed Senate / A.8190-A - Reported to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2588
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of
   the New York city taxi and limousine commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 19-506 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of  2012,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   l.  A  person  is  guilty of [unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New York
 city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION  or  A
 police  officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to remain
 stopped by [a New York city taxi and limousine] AN  enforcement  officer
 OF  THE COMMISSION or A police officer, the driver of a vehicle [operat-
 ing pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or  she
 is  not  permitted  to  pick up street hails] LICENSED BY THE COMMISSION
 thereafter attempts to flee such officer ON FOOT OR by setting the vehi-
 cle in motion and either [travels] TRAVELLING over  three  hundred  feet
 without  stopping or [engages] ENGAGING in conduct constituting reckless
 driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law.  [Unlawful]  UNLAWFULLY  fleeing [a New York city taxi and
 limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A police  officer
 is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by a fine of not less than seven hundred
 fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment  of
 not  more  than  ninety  days  or  by  both  such fine and imprisonment.
 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law,  any  charge  alleging  a
 violation  of this subdivision shall be returnable before a court having
 jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07355-01-9

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