NY State Senate Bill S6192A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 03, 2020	signed chap.6
Jan 30, 2020	delivered to governor
Jan 14, 2020	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.80 substituted for s6192a
Jan 14, 2020	substituted by a8474a
Jan 13, 2020	ordered to third reading cal.80 reported and committed to rules
Jan 08, 2020	print number 6192a
Jan 08, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to transportation referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 06, 2019	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 04, 2019	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 30, 2019	1st report cal.1090
May 21, 2019	referred to transportation

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S6192 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8474
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§151, 501 & 501-a, Transp L

S6192 - Summary

Relates to stretch limousine safety requirements and changes the class of license required to operate stretch limousines; stretch limousines are vehicles that have a seating capacity of nine or more.

S6192 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6192

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the transportation law and the vehicle
and traffic law, in relation to excluding commercial motor vehicles with
a seating capacity of nine or more persons from the definition of the
term sedan and changing the class of license required to operate stretch
limousines

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation require individuals operating limousines carrying 9 or
more passengers, including the driver, to have a commercial driver's
license.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends the definition of "sedan" or "sedans" in section 151
of the transportation law to include commercial motor vehicles with a
seating capacity of nine persons or more including the driver.

Section 2: amends the vehicle and traffic law to require a P endorsement
for an individual operating any altered motor vehicle commonly referred
to as a stretch limousine having a seating capacity of nine or more
passengers including the driver.

Section 3: adds stretch limousines to the definition of commercial motor
vehicle

Section 4: effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent tragic limousine crashes throughout New York State have high-
lighted the need for additional safety measures in the limousine indus-
try. This legislation requires individuals who operate limousines to
possess a commercial driver's license with a passenger (P) endorsement.
In order to get a commercial driver's license with a P endorsement, the
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles requires knowledge and
training regarding passenger safety, extensive vehicle inspections,
speed and common obstacles faced by large passenger vehicles.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

S6192 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  6192

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2019
                               ___________

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 transportation law and the vehicle and traffic  law,
  in  relation  to  excluding  commercial  motor vehicles with a seating
  capacity of nine or more persons from the definition of the term sedan
  and changing the class of license required to operate  stretch  limou-
  sines

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 151 of the  transportation
law,  as  amended  by  section  8 of part G of chapter 58 of the laws of
2012, is amended to read as follows:
  For the purposes of this article, the term "sedan" or "sedans" as used
herein shall  include  private  passenger  automobiles,  but  shall  not
include  commercial  motor  vehicles with a seating capacity of [eleven]
NINE persons or more including the driver.
  § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of  section
501 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part E of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv)  P  endorsement. Shall be required to operate a bus as defined in
sections one hundred four and five hundred nine-a of  this  chapter,  AN
ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A STRETCH LIMOUSINE HAVING
A  SEATING  CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIVER, or
any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or  gross  vehicle  weight
rating  of  more  than  twenty-six  thousand pounds which is designed to
transport passengers in commerce. For the purposes of this  subparagraph
the  gross  vehicle  weight of a vehicle shall mean the actual weight of
the vehicle and the load.
  § 3. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  4  of  section
501-a  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law, as added by chapter 173 of the
laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD11417-02-9

S. 6192                             2

  (iv) defined as a bus in  subdivision  one  of  section  five  hundred
nine-a  of this chapter OR AN ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO
AS A STRETCH LIMOUSINE HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSEN-
GERS INCLUDING THE DRIVER; or
  §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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S6192A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8474
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§151, 501 & 501-a, Transp L

S6192A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to stretch limousine safety requirements and changes the class of license required to operate stretch limousines; stretch limousines are vehicles that have a seating capacity of nine or more.

S6192A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6192A

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the transportation law and the vehicle and traffic law,
in relation to stretch limousine safety requirements and changing the
class of license required to operate stretch limousines

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation require individuals operating limousines carrying 9 or
more passengers, including the driver, to have a commercial driver's
license.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends subdivisions 11 and 12 of section 151 of the transpor-
tation law, to provide that "stretch limousines" having a seating capac-
ity of nine or more passengers shall be subject to CDLs.

Section 2: amends subdivision 1 of Section 501-a of the vehicle and
traffic law to provide that any driver of a stretch limousine must have
a CDL with a "P" endorsement

Section 3: amends subparagraphs (ii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdi-
vision (a) of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, to provide for
the Class of licenses that are applicable

Section 4: amends subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of
section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, to provide that any driver
of an altered vehicle referred to as a stretch limousine have a "P"
endorsement

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent tragic limousine crashes throughout New York State have high-
lighted the need for additional safety measures in the limousine indus-
try. This legislation requires individuals who operate limousines to
possess a commercial driver's license with a passenger (P) endorsement.

In order to get a commercial driver's license with a P endorsement, the
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles requires knowledge and
training regarding passenger safety, extensive vehicle inspections,
speed and common obstacles faced by large passenger vehicles.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become law

S6192A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 6192--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. KENNEDY, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, GAUGHRAN, KAPLAN, LIU,
  PARKER, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
  be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to  the
  Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the transportation law and the vehicle and traffic law,
  in relation to stretch limousine safety requirements and changing  the
  class of license required to operate stretch limousines

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 11 and 12 of section 151 of the transportation
law, subdivision 11 as amended and subdivision 12 as  added  by  chapter
330 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
  11.  As  a  taxi or livery service, except for transportation services
that are designed  for  the  transportation  of  transportation-disabled
persons,  conducted  in  vehicles having a seating capacity of less than
fifteen passengers pursuant to the jurisdiction or regulatory control of
a municipality, other than a city with a population  over  one  million,
authorized  to  adopt  an  ordinance  relating  to both registration and
licensing pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred  eighty-one
of  the  general  municipal law, when service is conducted wholly within
such municipality and when such service  is  available  to  the  general
public on a prearranged or demand-response basis over a non-specified or
irregular route with the point or points of pick-up and discharge deter-
mined  by  the  passenger,  but  such  taxi  or livery service shall not
include van service. For the  purpose  of  this  subdivision,  the  term
"livery service" shall include the term "limousines" as used in subdivi-
sion one of section one hundred eighty-one of the general municipal law.
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLES COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
"STRETCH LIMOUSINES" HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR  MORE  PASSEN-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD11417-09-9

S. 6192--A                          2

GERS  INCLUDING THE DRIVER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
ONE HUNDRED FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  12. As a taxi or livery service conducted in vehicles having a seating
capacity  of  twenty  passengers or less pursuant to the jurisdiction or
regulatory control of a city with a population over  one  million,  when
such  service is conducted wholly within such a city; provided, however,
that vehicles having a seating capacity of fifteen  or  more  passengers
AND  ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLES COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "STRETCH LIMOUSINES"
HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIV-
ER shall be subject to the provisions of section one  hundred  forty  of
this chapter.
  § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 501-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Commercial driver's license or CDL. A class A or B driver's license
or  a  class  C  driver's  license which bears an H, P or X endorsement,
which licenses contain the legend  commercial  driving  license  or  CDL
thereon  and  which  is  issued  in accordance with the commercial motor
vehicle safety act of 1986, public law 99-570, title XII, and this arti-
cle which authorizes a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle  AND
AN  ALTERED  MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH LIMOUSINE"
HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIV-
ER.
  § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  2  of
section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph (ii) as amended
by  chapter  696  of  the laws of 1990, and subparagraph (v) as added by
chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
  (ii) Class B. Such license shall be valid to operate  any  vehicle  or
combination of vehicles which may be operated with a class E license and
shall  be  valid to operate any motor vehicle or any such vehicle, other
than a tractor, towing a vehicle having a GVWR  of  not  more  than  ten
thousand  pounds AND SHALL BE VALID TO OPERATE ANY ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH LIMOUSINE" HAVING A SEATING  CAPACITY
OF  NINE  OR MORE PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIVER except it shall not be
valid to operate a motorcycle other than a class  B  or  C  limited  use
motorcycle.
  (v)  Class  E.  Such  license  shall be valid to operate only vehicles
which may be operated with a class D license, except that in addition it
shall be valid to operate any such motor vehicle, other than  a  vehicle
defined  as  a  bus in subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of
this chapter, used to transport up to fourteen passengers for  hire  AND
OTHER  THAN  AN ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH
LIMOUSINE" HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSENGERS  INCLUD-
ING THE DRIVER.
  §  4.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section
501 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part E of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv) P endorsement. Shall be required to operate a bus as  defined  in
sections  one  hundred four and five hundred nine-a of this chapter, ANY
ALTERED MOTOR VEHICLE COMMONLY REFERRED  TO  AS  A  "STRETCH  LIMOUSINE"
HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF NINE OR MORE PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE DRIV-
ER  or  any  motor  vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle
weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds which is  designed
to  transport  passengers in commerce. For the purposes of this subpara-
graph the gross vehicle weight of a vehicle shall mean the actual weight
of the vehicle and the load.

S. 6192--A                          3

  § 5. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

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