senate Bill S6192A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to stretch limousine safety requirements and changes the class of license required to operate such limousine

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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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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

Votes

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Jan 13, 2020 - Rules committee Vote

S6192A
19
0
committee
19
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Jan 13, 2020 - Transportation committee Vote

S6192A
14
0
committee
14
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 13, 2020

aye wr (1)

May 30, 2019 - Transportation committee Vote

S6192
13
1
committee
13
Aye
1
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 30, 2019

nay (1)
aye wr (1)

Co-Sponsors

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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

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.

Co-Sponsors

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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

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.

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