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Senate Bill S8876

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the number of licenses for tow truck operators in a city with a population of one million or more

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2023-S8876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §20-520, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5174

2023-S8876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of transportation to increase the number of licenses for tow truck operators in a city with a population of one million or more by thirty percent by December 31, 2024.

2023-S8876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8876
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 increasing the number of licenses for tow truck operators
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 20-520 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New  York, as amended by local law number 58 of the city of New York for
 the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 20-520 Removal of disabled vehicles on highways. A.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision of this subchapter, where the authorization of the
 commissioner of transportation or the police commissioner is required to
 remove a disabled vehicle from any of the highways,  parkways,  express-
 ways,  drives,  interstate routes, thruways and bridges set forth in the
 traffic regulations of the department of transporation, it  shall  be  a
 violation  of  this section to effect such removal without such authori-
 zation.
   B. BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF  LICENSES  GRANTED  TO
 TOW TRUCK OPERATORS BY THIRTY PERCENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13959-02-4

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