Requires pre-trip safety briefings by drivers of stretch limousines; directs the commissioner of DMV to establish content for safety briefings to be made to passengers and requires drivers to demonstrate proficiency in providing briefings.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1367
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to pre-trip
safety briefings for drivers of stretch limousines
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 509-g of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. In addition to any other provisions of this section, in the event
4 the commissioner requires the provision of live in-person pre-trip safe-
5 ty briefings, all motor carriers shall regularly require each driver who
6 operates altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limou-
7 sines" to demonstrate their proficiency in providing pre-trip safety
8 briefings required pursuant to subdivision nine of section five hundred
9 nine-m of this article.
10 § 2. Section 509-m of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
11 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
12 9. (a) Establish and regularly update the form and content of a pre-
13 trip safety briefing for motor carriers that operate altered motor vehi-
14 cles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines", which operators shall
15 provide to passengers prior to transporting any persons for hire in such
16 stretch limousine.
17 (b) The commissioner shall coordinate with the department of transpor-
18 tation and the division of state police in preparing the form and
19 content of such safety briefing, and may engage additional entities or
20 individuals he or she deems appropriate.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
22 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
23 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
24 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
25 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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