STATE OF NEW YORK
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5158
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that all for-hire vehicles have New York state license plates in order
to receive a New York state inspection
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law is amended to read as follows:
3 (b) (1) The commissioner shall also require the inspection of any
4 motor vehicle duly registered under the laws of another state, a prov-
5 ince of Canada, a territory or a federal district to the extent to which
6 such state, province, territory or federal district requires the
7 inspection of motor vehicles duly registered under the laws of this
8 state; provided, however, that a motor vehicle used to carry passengers
9 for hire in for-hire vans and buses greater than nine passengers capaci-
10 ty have New York state issued license plates to receive a New York State
11 DOT inspection a for-hire vehicle service under an authorization issued
12 by a municipality shall not be inspected in accordance with the
13 provisions of this section unless such motor vehicle used to carry
14 passengers for hire in a for-hire vehicle is duly registered under the
15 laws of this state.
16 (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the following terms shall have
17 the following meanings:
18 (A) "for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle carrying passengers
19 for hire in the city, with a seating capacity of twenty-four passengers
20 or less, not including the driver; and
21 (B) "seating capacity" shall include any plain view location which is
22 capable of accommodating a normal adult as part of an overall seat
23 configuration and design and is likely to be used as a seating position
24 while the vehicle is in motion.
25 § 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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