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                                   3135
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. FAHY, EPSTEIN, PAULIN, SIMON, GRIFFIN -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  the  iden-
   tification of transportation network company drivers and vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 1692 of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  added  by  section  2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   5. A TNC's digital network shall display a picture of the TNC  driver,
 and  provide  the make, model, color and license plate number of the TNC
 vehicle utilized for providing  the  TNC  prearranged  trip  before  the
 passenger enters the TNC vehicle.  THE DIGITAL NETWORK SHALL ALSO ENABLE
 THE PASSENGER TO SCAN, WITH THE PASSENGER'S MOBILE DEVICE, THE TNC VEHI-
 CLE'S MACHINE-READABLE CODE OR IMAGE REQUIRED BY SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED
 NINETY-SIX  OF THIS ARTICLE, PRIOR TO ENTERING THE TNC VEHICLE AND PRIOR
 TO THE RELEASE OF PAYMENT, IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT THE TNC  VEHICLE  IS
 THE ONE AUTHORIZED FOR THE PASSENGER'S TNC PREARRANGED TRIP.
   §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 of section 1696
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2  of  part  AAA  of
 chapter  59  of the laws of 2017, are amended and a new subdivision 6 is
 added to read as follows:
   (c) Upon review of all information received and retained  by  the  TNC
 and  upon  verifying that the individual is not disqualified pursuant to
 this section from receiving a TNC driver permit, a TNC may issue  a  TNC
 driver  permit  to  the  applicant. The TNC shall review all information
 received relating to such applicant and hold such  information  for  six
 years  along  with  a  certification  that  such  applicant qualifies to
 receive a TNC driver permit.  A TNC SHALL ISSUE A TNC DRIVER IDENTIFICA-
 TION CARD, IN A FORM PRESCRIBED AND APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  TO
 EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES TO RECEIVE A TNC DRIVER PERMIT PURSUANT TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD07058-01-1

 A. 3135                             2
 
 THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH TNC DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,
 INCLUDE THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TNC DRIVER AND THE LICENSE  PLATE
 NUMBER  OF  THE  TNC  VEHICLE UTILIZED FOR PROVIDING THE TNC PREARRANGED
 TRIP  BY SUCH TNC DRIVER, AND SHALL BE POSTED WITHIN SUCH TNC VEHICLE IN
 A MANNER THAT IS LEGIBLE, CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS  TO  PASSENGERS  IN  ALL
 SEATING POSITIONS OF SUCH TNC VEHICLES.
   5. The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure that each TNC
 vehicle  is easily identified as such and that the TNC for which the TNC
 driver is providing the TNC service or TNC prearranged trip  is  distin-
 guishable.  Such  marking  shall  be  in such form as is approved by the
 commissioner, WHICH SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE AN ILLUMINATED SIGN INDI-
 CATING THE TNC FOR WHICH THE TNC DRIVER IS PROVIDING THE TNC SERVICE  OR
 TNC  PREARRANGED  TRIP,  and  shall be attached, affixed or displayed in
 such manner as he or she may prescribe by regulation.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE EACH TNC  TO
 PROVIDE  EACH  TNC  DRIVER WITH A MACHINE-READABLE CODE OR IMAGE, AND TO
 REQUIRE SUCH MACHINE-READABLE CODE OR  IMAGE  TO  BE  DISPLAYED  ON  THE
 OUTSIDE  OF  EACH TNC VEHICLE. SUCH MACHINE-READABLE CODE OR IMAGE SHALL
 BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE PASSENGER TO CONFIRM, PRIOR TO ENTERING  A  TNC
 VEHICLE,  THAT  SUCH  TNC  VEHICLE IS THE AUTHORIZED TNC VEHICLE FOR THE
 PASSENGER'S TNC PREARRANGED TRIP, USING THE  TNC'S  DIGITAL  NETWORK  AS
 PROVIDED  BY  SUBDIVISION  FIVE OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. Section 1691 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  "MACHINE-READABLE CODE OR IMAGE" MEANS AN OPTICAL LABEL CONTAINING
 INFORMATION IN A FORM LEGIBLE AND  COMPREHENSIBLE  THROUGH  THE  USE  OF
 MECHANICAL  OR  COMPUTING DEVICES, INCLUDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
 AND MOBILE TELEPHONES WITH BUILT-IN CAMERAS AND COMPUTING CAPABILITY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.