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A03135 Summary:

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A03135 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:03/03/2021AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Miller
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Norris
Aye
Simon
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Darling
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Burgos
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Sillitti
Aye

A03135 Floor Votes:

A03135 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3135
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. FAHY, EPSTEIN, PAULIN, SIMON, GRIFFIN -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  the  iden-
          tification of transportation network company drivers and vehicles
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 1692 of the vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as  added  by  section  2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    5. A TNC's digital network shall display a picture of the TNC  driver,
     5  and  provide  the make, model, color and license plate number of the TNC
     6  vehicle utilized for providing  the  TNC  prearranged  trip  before  the
     7  passenger enters the TNC vehicle.  The digital network shall also enable
     8  the passenger to scan, with the passenger's mobile device, the TNC vehi-
     9  cle's machine-readable code or image required by section sixteen hundred
    10  ninety-six  of this article, prior to entering the TNC vehicle and prior
    11  to the release of payment, in order to confirm that the TNC  vehicle  is
    12  the one authorized for the passenger's TNC prearranged trip.
    13    §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 of section 1696
    14  of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2  of  part  AAA  of
    15  chapter  59  of the laws of 2017, are amended and a new subdivision 6 is
    16  added to read as follows:
    17    (c) Upon review of all information received and retained  by  the  TNC
    18  and  upon  verifying that the individual is not disqualified pursuant to
    19  this section from receiving a TNC driver permit, a TNC may issue  a  TNC
    20  driver  permit  to  the  applicant. The TNC shall review all information
    21  received relating to such applicant and hold such  information  for  six
    22  years  along  with  a  certification  that  such  applicant qualifies to
    23  receive a TNC driver permit.  A TNC shall issue a TNC driver identifica-
    24  tion card, in a form prescribed and approved  by  the  commissioner,  to
    25  each individual who qualifies to receive a TNC driver permit pursuant to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07058-01-1
        A. 3135                             2
 
     1  this  article.  Such TNC driver identification card shall, at a minimum,
     2  include the name and photograph of the TNC driver and the license  plate
     3  number  of  the  TNC  vehicle utilized for providing the TNC prearranged
     4  trip  by such TNC driver, and shall be posted within such TNC vehicle in
     5  a manner that is legible, clear and conspicuous  to  passengers  in  all
     6  seating positions of such TNC vehicles.
     7    5. The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure that each TNC
     8  vehicle  is easily identified as such and that the TNC for which the TNC
     9  driver is providing the TNC service or TNC prearranged trip  is  distin-
    10  guishable.  Such  marking  shall  be  in such form as is approved by the
    11  commissioner, which shall at a minimum include an illuminated sign indi-
    12  cating the TNC for which the TNC driver is providing the TNC service  or
    13  TNC  prearranged  trip,  and  shall be attached, affixed or displayed in
    14  such manner as he or she may prescribe by regulation.
    15    6. The department shall promulgate regulations to require each TNC  to
    16  provide  each  TNC  driver with a machine-readable code or image, and to
    17  require such machine-readable code or  image  to  be  displayed  on  the
    18  outside  of  each TNC vehicle. Such machine-readable code or image shall
    19  be designed to allow the passenger to confirm, prior to entering  a  TNC
    20  vehicle,  that  such  TNC  vehicle is the authorized TNC vehicle for the
    21  passenger's TNC prearranged trip, using the  TNC's  digital  network  as
    22  provided  by  subdivision  five of section sixteen hundred ninety-two of
    23  this article.
    24    § 3. Section 1691 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
    25  a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    26    8.  "Machine-readable code or image" means an optical label containing
    27  information in a form legible and  comprehensible  through  the  use  of
    28  mechanical  or  computing devices, including portable electronic devices
    29  and mobile telephones with built-in cameras and computing capability.
    30    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    31  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    32  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    33  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    34  completed on or before such effective date.