S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10491
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 29, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cook) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that all for-hire vehicles have New York state license plates in order
to receive a New York state inspection
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
law is amended to read as follows:
(b) (1) The commissioner shall also require the inspection of any
motor vehicle duly registered under the laws of another state, a prov-
ince of Canada, a territory or a federal district to the extent to which
such state, province, territory or federal district requires the
inspection of motor vehicles duly registered under the laws of this
state; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A MOTOR VEHICLE USED TO CARRY PASSENGERS
FOR HIRE IN FOR-HIRE VANS AND BUSES GREATER THAN NINE PASSENGERS CAPACI-
TY HAVE NEW YORK STATE ISSUED LICENSE PLATES TO RECEIVE A NEW YORK STATE
DOT INSPECTION A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICE UNDER AN AUTHORIZATION ISSUED
BY A MUNICIPALITY SHALL NOT BE INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE USED TO CARRY
PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE IS DULY REGISTERED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THIS STATE.
(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "FOR-HIRE VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN A MOTOR VEHICLE CARRYING PASSENGERS
FOR HIRE IN THE CITY, WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF TWENTY-FOUR PASSENGERS
OR LESS, NOT INCLUDING THE DRIVER; AND
(B) "SEATING CAPACITY" SHALL INCLUDE ANY PLAIN VIEW LOCATION WHICH IS
CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING A NORMAL ADULT AS PART OF AN OVERALL SEAT
CONFIGURATION AND DESIGN AND IS LIKELY TO BE USED AS A SEATING POSITION
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14308-02-4