STATE OF NEW YORK
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3859
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, GREENE, PERALTA -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. ALFANO, DIAZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Transportation
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring livery vehicles to
be equipped with global positioning equipment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 19-508.1 to read as follows:
3 § 19-508.1 Global positioning equipment in livery vehicles. a. Every
4 livery vehicle registered in this state shall be equipped with a global
5 positioning system (GPS) technology. The commission shall require the
6 installation of such system.
7 b. Any person found to have violated the provisions of subdivision a
8 of this section shall be liable for a fine of one hundred seventy-five
9 dollars for each such violation.
10 c. At each inspection of a licensed livery vehicle, failure to comply
11 with subdivision a of this section shall be evidence that such vehicle
12 fails to meet reasonable standards for safe operation and shall consti-
13 tute cause for suspension of said vehicle license by the commission
14 until the condition is corrected.
15 § 2. Section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York
16 is amended by adding a new subdivision x to read as follows:
17 x. "Livery" shall mean every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or a
18 bus, used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation.
19 However, it shall not include vehicles which are rented or leased with-
20 out a driver.
21 § 3. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
22 new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03504-01-9
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1 52. Global positioning equipment in livery vehicles. Every livery
2 vehicle registered in this state shall be equipped with a global posi-
3 tioning system (GPS) technology and such system shall be installed in
4 accordance with rules and regulations of the commissioner. Any person
5 found to have violated the provisions of this subdivision shall be
6 liable for a fine of one hundred seventy-five dollars for each such
7 violation. At each inspection of a licensed livery vehicle, failure to
8 comply with this subdivision shall be evidence that such vehicle fails
9 to meet reasonable standards for safe operation and shall constitute
10 cause for suspension of said vehicle license until the condition is
11 corrected.
12 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January of the second
13 year next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law;
14 provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment
15 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
16 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
17 and completed on or before such effective date.
