Add Art 17-D S499-m, V & T L; amd S19-504, NYC Ad Cd
Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle licenses, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such licenses for the purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8418
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, CLARK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to requiring background checks
for for-hire vehicle licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 article 17-D to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 17-D
4 BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE LICENSES
5 Section 499-m. Background check for for-hire vehicle licenses.
6 § 499-m. Background check for for-hire vehicle licenses. Prior to the
7 issuance of a taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire
8 vehicle license, the applicant for such license shall be fingerprinted
9 by the licensing authority authorized to issue such license for the
10 purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state divi-
11 sion of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investi-
12 gation. The applicant shall pay any processing fee required by the
13 state division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of
14 investigation. Fingerprints shall be taken of the individual owner if
15 the applicant is a sole proprietorship; the general partners if the
16 applicant is a partnership; the officers, principals, and stockholders
17 owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation
18 if the applicant is a corporation.
19 § 2. Subdivision l of section 19-504 of the administrative code of the
20 city of New York, as added by local law number 115 of the city of New
21 York for the year 1993, is amended and a new subdivision r is added to
22 read as follows:
23 l. Prior to the issuance of a commuter van license, the applicant
24 shall be fingerprinted for the purpose of securing criminal history
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 records from both the state division of criminal justice services and
2 the federal bureau of investigation. The applicant shall pay any proc-
3 essing fee required by the state division of criminal justice services
4 and the federal bureau of investigation. Fingerprints shall be taken of
5 the individual owner if the applicant is a sole proprietorship; the
6 general partners if the applicant is a partnership; the officers, prin-
7 cipals, and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding
8 stock of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation.
9 r. Prior to the issuance of a taxicab, limousine, paratransit or for-
10 hire vehicle license, the applicant shall be fingerprinted for the
11 purpose of securing criminal history records from both the state divi-
12 sion of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investi-
13 gation. The applicant shall pay any processing fee required by the state
14 division of criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investi-
15 gation. Fingerprints shall be taken of the individual owner if the
16 applicant is a sole proprietorship; the general partners if the appli-
17 cant is a partnership; the officers, principals, and stockholders owning
18 more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation if the
19 applicant is a corporation.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
