STATE OF NEW YORK
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7719--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring certain
for-hire vehicles to install and maintain an interior rear-facing
video camera
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. a. All commercial motor vehicles that transport passengers for-
4 hire with a seating capacity of six passengers or less except for a
5 black car, limousine, or luxury limousine, as such terms are defined in
6 section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, or as
7 otherwise defined in local law, shall be required to install and main-
8 tain an interior rear-facing video camera. Such video camera shall be
9 recording at all times the vehicle is being operated for the purpose of
10 for-hire transportation, and at minimum shall:
11 (i) capture and record any operator or passenger who enters or exits
12 the vehicle;
13 (ii) store, at a minimum, the sixty most recent hours of operation;
14 and
15 (iii) have the ability to transmit data or otherwise provide access to
16 local law enforcement and the local regulatory authority which has
17 licensed the motor vehicle for for-hire transportation services.
18 b. The requirement set forth in this subdivision shall not limit the
19 brand or provider of video cameras which can be utilized to comply with
20 this subdivision. Rather, any commercial video camera that meets the
21 minimum requirements of this subdivision shall be considered as comply-
22 ing with this subdivision.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 c. No law or regulation shall prohibit the installation and use of a
2 front-facing camera as long as the minimum requirements set forth in
3 paragraph a of this subdivision are met. Where such video camera system
4 also has a front-facing video camera, the vehicle owner's motor vehicle
5 insurance provider must have similar access to such data.
6 d. The requirement set forth in this subdivision shall supersede any
7 local regulation of video cameras installed in commercial motor vehicles
8 engaged in the for-hire transport of passengers.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
