Assembly Bill A9848

                             
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                                   9848
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring certain
   for-hire  vehicles  to  install  and  maintain an interior rear-facing
   video camera
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. A. ALL COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT  TRANSPORT  PASSENGERS  FOR-
 HIRE  WITH  A  SEATING  CAPACITY  OF SIX PASSENGERS OR LESS EXCEPT FOR A
 BLACK CAR, LIMOUSINE, OR LUXURY LIMOUSINE, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED  IN
 SECTION 19-502 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, OR AS
 OTHERWISE  DEFINED  IN LOCAL LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL AND MAIN-
 TAIN AN INTERIOR REAR-FACING VIDEO CAMERA. SUCH VIDEO  CAMERA  SHALL  BE
 RECORDING  AT ALL TIMES THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION, AND AT MINIMUM SHALL:
   (I) CAPTURE AND RECORD ANY OPERATOR OR PASSENGER WHO ENTERS  OR  EXITS
 THE VEHICLE;
   (II)  STORE,  AT  A MINIMUM, THE SIXTY MOST RECENT HOURS OF OPERATION;
 AND
   (III) HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT DATA OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE ACCESS TO
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND  THE  LOCAL  REGULATORY  AUTHORITY  WHICH  HAS
 LICENSED THE MOTOR VEHICLE FOR FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
   B.  THE  REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT LIMIT THE
 BRAND OR PROVIDER OF VIDEO CAMERAS WHICH CAN BE UTILIZED TO COMPLY  WITH
 THIS  SUBDIVISION.  RATHER,  ANY  COMMERCIAL VIDEO CAMERA THAT MEETS THE
 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS  COMPLY-
 ING WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
   C.  NO  LAW OR REGULATION SHALL PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF A
 FRONT-FACING CAMERA AS LONG AS THE MINIMUM  REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN
 PARAGRAPH  A OF THIS SUBDIVISION ARE MET. WHERE SUCH VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM
 ALSO HAS A FRONT-FACING VIDEO CAMERA, THE VEHICLE OWNER'S MOTOR  VEHICLE
 INSURANCE PROVIDER MUST HAVE SIMILAR ACCESS TO SUCH DATA.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   D.  THE  REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY
 LOCAL REGULATION OF VIDEO CAMERAS INSTALLED IN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES
 ENGAGED IN THE FOR-HIRE TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.