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                                   6781
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  COMRIE,  JACKSON, LANZA, MYRIE, PERSAUD,
   SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to allowing commuter vans to accept  hails  from  prospective
   passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
   relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative  code
 of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of the city
 of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 ity of at least nine passengers but not more than twenty  passengers  or
 such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
 ing  passengers  for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter van by
 the commission [and not  permitted  to  accept  hails  from  prospective
 passengers  in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of this chap-
 ter relating to prohibitions against the operation  of  an  unauthorized
 commuter  van  service or an unlicensed commuter van, the enforcement of
 such prohibitions and the imposition of penalties for violations of such
 prohibitions and to the seizure and forfeiture  of  commuter  vans,  the
 term  shall also include any common carrier of passengers by motor vehi-
 cle not subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire vehicle,  or  wheel-
 chair accessible van and not operating as a public or private bus trans-
 it  service  operated  pursuant  to a contract with the city, any county
 within the state of New York, the state of New York or any  other  state
 or  local  government  that follows the applicable procurement rules and
 regulations of such jurisdiction regardless of the seating  capacity  of
 any such vehicle. The commission shall submit to the council the text of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 any  proposed  rule relating to the maximum capacity of commuter vans at
 the time such proposed rule is published in the City Record.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
 the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  A  taxi-cab,  coach,  wheelchair  accessible van, commuter van or
 for-hire vehicle shall operate within the city of New York only  if  the
 owner  shall  first  have obtained from the commission a taxicab, coach,
 wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license  for
 such  vehicle  and  only while such license is in full force and effect.
 Vehicle licenses shall be issued for a term of not  less  than  one  nor
 more  than  two  years  and  shall  expire  on the date set forth on the
 license unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commission.  No  motor
 vehicle  other  than  a  duly  licensed taxicab OR COMMUTER VAN shall be
 permitted to accept hails from passengers in the street. No commuter van
 shall be operated within the city of New York unless it is  operated  as
 part of a current, valid authorization to operate a commuter van service
 duly issued by the commission pursuant to section 19-504.2 of this chap-
 ter.
   §  3.  The  section heading and subdivision a of section 19-516 of the
 administrative code of the city of New  York,  the  section  heading  as
 amended  by  local  law  number 115 of the city of New York for the year
 1993 and subdivision a as amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Acceptance  of  passengers  by  for-hire vehicles [and commuter vans].
 [a.] For-hire vehicles that do not possess  a  valid  HAIL  license  may
 accept passengers only on the basis of telephone contract or prearrange-
 ment. The commission or successor agency may establish such disciplinary
 actions  as  it deems appropriate for failure to abide by the provisions
 of this chapter.
   § 4. Subdivision b of section 19-516 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York is REPEALED.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.