STATE OF NEW YORK
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6366--A
IN SENATE
February 1, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
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 the regulation of taxicabs, limousines, and livery
vehicles in Suffolk county
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 430 of the laws of 2003, 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; [and] the county of
8 Nassau may adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and
9 limousines; and the county of Suffolk may adopt ordinances regulating
10 the registration of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles.
11 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the vehicle and
12 traffic law, as added by chapter 549 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
13 read as follows:
14 b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
15 million or more, or a county within New York state contiguous to such
16 city or the county of Suffolk, that requires the issuance of a license,
17 permit, registration, certification or other approval for a vehicle to
18 perform the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one or more passengers
19 in such jurisdiction for compensation.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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