Peoples-Stokes, Taylor, Reyes, Buttenschon, Sayegh, Williams
MLTSPNSR
Davila, Hyndman, Simon
Amd §510, V & T L
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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7048
SPONSOR: Cook (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the suspen-
sion of licenses
PURPOSE:
To establish penalties (the temporary suspension of a business
license)for the owner of a hazard vehicle service, or a. service involv-
ing operation for hire of any vehicle, who has permitted an employee who
does not have a valid state driver's license to operate such a vehicle.
SUMMARY:
Paragraph e is added to Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 510 of the
vehicle and traffic law to provide that the owner of a hazard vehicle
service, or a service involving operation for hire of any vehicle, who
has permitted an employee to operate such a vehicle when such employee
has not been issued a valid driver's license or whose license has been
suspended or revoked, shall have his business license suspended for a
period of thirty days by the commissioner or other appropriate licensing
agency.
JUSTIFICATION:
In September of 1992 an unlicensed tow-truck *driver, with a history of
serious moving violations, was responsible for an accident involving his
truck that resulted in the death, of a mother of two in New York City.
The driver was not licensed to operate the truck that he was hired to
drive. The bill is designed to discourage businesses from hiring other
unlicensed and thus potentially dangerous drivers.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Previously introduced; 2017/18 A.2579; 2019/20 A.4307; 2021/22 A.4307;
2023/24 A.5382
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Negligible.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately,
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7048
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
3 e. Suspension of license. The owner of a hazard vehicle service, as
4 defined in section one hundred seventeen-a of this chapter, or a service
5 involving operation for hire of any vehicle as a taxicab, livery or bus,
6 as such terms are defined in article one of this chapter, coach, limou-
7 sine, van or wheelchair accessible van, who has permitted an employee to
8 operate such vehicle when such employee has not been issued a valid
9 state driver license or whose license has been suspended or revoked
10 pursuant to this section, shall have such owner's business license
11 suspended for a period of thirty days by the commissioner or other
12 appropriate licensing authority.
13 § 2. 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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