NY State Senate Bill S1371

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 31, 2023	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 23, 2023	advanced to third reading
Jan 18, 2023	2nd report cal.
Jan 17, 2023	1st report cal.144
Jan 11, 2023	referred to transportation

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S1371 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4073
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §138, Transp L

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding required disclosure of information regarding safety issues for certain motor carriers, specifically stretch limousines.

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1371

SPONSOR: BRESLIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring the
department of transportation to provide information regarding federal
safety fitness standards for certain motor carriers

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation will provide access to the most up to date and relevant
safety information regarding safe limo rides by conforming the Depart-
ment of Transportation's website information with the safety and fitness
standards established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
in the Code of Federal Regulations (SAFER website). Additionally, this
legislation will allow for a review of prior years' annual safety
reports to assess New York's limo safety laws and adjust or improve laws
as needed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one: This legislation amends the Transportation Law to clarify
that the State's Safe Limo website shall be updated to include any addi-
tional publicly available information in accordance with the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration's SAFER website, which provides
updated data on safety fitness standards and performance regarding bus
operators and motor carriers (which includes stretch limousines and
other vehicles that carry passengers for hire).

Section two: This legislation also amends the Transportation Law to
include a comparison of the annual safety report looking back to the
previous three years of report data.

 
EXISTING LAW:

None.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The legislation implements this recommendation from the Stretch Limou-
sine Passenger Safety Task Force, which was established in Chapter 3 of
the Laws of 2020 to study a host of safety improvements for stretch
limousines. The Task Force was created in the wake of deadly crashes in
Schoharie and Cutchogue, NY.

Stretch limousines are the vehicle of choice for celebratory occasions,
from family events, to birthdays, to weddings, to the annual ritual of
prom. But they also present unique challenges that implicate the safety
of drivers and passengers alike.

As with any area where multiple state agencies must collaborate, period-
ic review of inter-agency and external communication is critical to
ensure passenger safety. Conforming the New York State Safe Limo website
with the federal standards will allow for greater access to important
safety information for New Yorkers. Adding a comparison of the previous
three annual reports will help provide data on what impact New York's
laws are having in protecting passengers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date.

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1371
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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  the
   department  of transportation to provide information regarding federal
   safety fitness standards for certain motor carriers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 9 of section 138 of the transportation law, as
 amended by chapter 12 of the  laws  of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   9.  To maintain and annually update its website to provide information
 with regard to each bus operator or motor  carrier  under  subparagraphs
 (ii)  and  (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of section one hundred
 forty of this article  requiring  department  operating  authority  that
 includes   the  bus  operator's  or  motor  carrier's  name,  number  of
 inspections, number of out of service  orders,  operator  identification
 number,  location  and  region  of operation including place of address,
 percentile to which an operator or motor carrier falls with  respect  to
 out  of  service  defects,  the  number  or percentage of out of service
 defects where pursuant to the commissioner's regulations  no  inspection
 certificate  shall  be  issued until the defect is repaired and a re-in-
 spection is conducted, and the number  of  serious  physical  injury  or
 fatal crashes involving a for-hire vehicle requiring operating authority
 pursuant to this article, AND ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMA-
 TION  PROVIDED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE SAFETY FITNESS STANDARDS ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO PART 385 OF TITLE 49 OF THE  CODE  OF  FEDERAL  REGU-
 LATIONS.
   §  2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 10 of section
 138 of the transportation law, as added by chapter  5  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05588-01-3
 S. 1371                             2

 
   (iii)  In  consultation and cooperation with the commissioner of motor
 vehicles, the commissioner shall report on  safety  issues  reported  to
 such website, and toll-free hotline and related investigations summariz-
 ing  (A)  the total number of safety issue reports received and the type
 of  safety issues reported; (B) the total number of safety issue reports
 received and the type of safety issues reported where  the  commissioner
 or  the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles,  as applicable, verified the
 information provided; (C) enforcement actions and other responses  taken
 by  the  commissioner or the commissioner of motor vehicles, as applica-
 ble, to safety issue reports received  where  the  commissioner  or  the
 commissioner  of motor vehicles, as applicable, has verified such infor-
 mation; and (D) the length of time between the receipt of  safety  issue
 reports  from  such  website, or hotline and enforcement action or other
 response by the commissioner or the commissioner of motor  vehicles,  as
 applicable.  Such report shall be made publicly available on the depart-
 ment's website in a searchable format, [and] shall be published no  less
 than once annually, AND SHALL COMPARE THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS OF REPORT
 DATA  TO  THE EXTENT APPLICABLE. Such report may also be included within
 the department's annual report submitted pursuant to  subdivision  thir-
 teen of section fourteen of this chapter.
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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Jan 31, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 31, 2023

Jan 17, 2023 - Transportation committee Vote

Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2023

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S1371 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Neil D. Breslin

Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

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Jan 31, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 31, 2023

Jan 17, 2023 - Transportation committee Vote

Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2023

Co-Sponsors

Timothy M. Kennedy

Monica R. Martinez

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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