Provides that the owner of a hazard vehicle service or of a taxicab, livery, bus, coach, limousine, van or wheelchair accessible van service, who has permitted an employee to operate such a vehicle when such employee has not been issued a valid state driver's license or whose license has been suspended or revoked shall have their business license suspended for thirty days.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7048
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, TAYLOR, REYES, BUTTENSCHON,
SAYEGH, WILLIAMS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, HYNDMAN,
SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the suspen-
sion of licenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
E. SUSPENSION OF LICENSE. THE OWNER OF A HAZARD VEHICLE SERVICE, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, OR A SERVICE
INVOLVING OPERATION FOR HIRE OF ANY VEHICLE AS A TAXICAB, LIVERY OR BUS,
AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, COACH, LIMOU-
SINE, VAN OR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VAN, WHO HAS PERMITTED AN EMPLOYEE TO
OPERATE SUCH VEHICLE WHEN SUCH EMPLOYEE HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED A VALID
STATE DRIVER LICENSE OR WHOSE LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SHALL HAVE SUCH OWNER'S BUSINESS LICENSE
SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS BY THE COMMISSIONER OR OTHER
APPROPRIATE LICENSING AUTHORITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09307-01-5
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