STATE OF NEW YORK
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4338--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 16, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to authorizing the county of Dutchess to regulate the
registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehi-
cles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal law,
2 as amended by chapter 498 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
5 of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
6 nances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and limou-
7 sines and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau may
8 adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
9 and the county of Suffolk may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating
10 the registration of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles; and the
11 county of Rockland may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the
12 registration and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles
13 and may limit the number to be licensed; and the county of Dutchess may
14 adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration and licensing
15 of taxicabs, limousines and livery vehicles.
16 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the vehicle and
17 traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws
18 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
19 b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
20 million or more, or a county within New York state contiguous to such
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 city [or], the county of Suffolk [or], the county of Rockland or the
2 county of Dutchess, that requires the issuance of a license, permit,
3 registration, certification or other approval for a vehicle to perform
4 the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one or more passengers in such
5 jurisdiction for compensation.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
