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Senate Bill S2379A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera

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2023-S2379 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2806
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-508, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6147, A7719
2021-2022: S186, A6103, A9848

2023-S2379 - Summary

Requires certain for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera.

2023-S2379 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2379 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2379
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02618-01-3

2023-S2379A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2806
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-508, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6147, A7719
2021-2022: S186, A6103, A9848

2023-S2379A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing video camera.

2023-S2379A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2379A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2379--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring certain for-hire vehicles to install and main-
   tain 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. Subdivision c of section 19-508 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York is relettered subdivision d and a  new  subdivi-
 sion c is added to read as follows:
   C.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  REQUIRE  FOR-HIRE  VEHICLES WITH A SEATING
 CAPACITY OF SIX PASSENGERS OR LESS THAT ARE DISPATCHED BY A LIVERY  BASE
 STATION,  OTHER THAN HIGH-VOLUME FOR-HIRE SERVICES, TO INSTALL AND MAIN-
 TAIN AN INTERIOR REAR-FACING VIDEO CAMERA. THIS  REQUIREMENT  SHALL  NOT
 LIMIT  THE  BRAND  OR PROVIDER OF VIDEO CAMERAS WHICH CAN BE UTILIZED TO
 COMPLY WITH THIS PARAGRAPH. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE  INSTALLATION  AND
 USE  OF  A  FRONT-FACING  CAMERA  IS  PERMITTED  AS  LONG AS THE MINIMUM
 REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BELOW ARE MET, AND SO LONG AS THE FOR-HIRE  VEHI-
 CLE  OWNER'S  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSURANCE  PROVIDER HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA
 RECORDED BY SUCH CAMERA UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY LAW. SUCH  VIDEO
 CAMERA  SHALL  BE RECORDING AT ALL TIMES THE VEHICLE IS PROVIDING TRANS-
 PORTATION FOR HIRE, AND AT MINIMUM SHALL:
   1. CAPTURE AND RECORD ANY OPERATOR OR PASSENGER WHO  ENTERS  OR  EXITS
 THE VEHICLE;
   2. STORE, AT A MINIMUM, THE SIXTY MOST RECENT HOURS OF OPERATION; AND
   3.  HAVE  THE  ABILITY TO TRANSMIT DATA OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE ACCESS TO
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMISSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02618-04-3

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