Requires the display of a bus driver's credentials prominently while he or she is on duty and changes the review of his or her files by the department from every three years to annually.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1817
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 the display-
ing of a bus driver's credentials while he or she is on duty and the
review of his or her files
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 section 509-dd to read as follows:
3 § 509-dd. Passenger motor carrier information. The commissioner of
4 transportation, in consultation with the commissioner, shall establish
5 requirements for motor carriers required to obtain approval to operate
6 as a common or contract carrier of passengers by motor vehicle from the
7 commissioner of transportation for purposes of establishing conspicuous
8 display of valid operating authority, inspection information, and driver
9 qualifications at locations where such persons or entities perform
10 contract or common carrier services with such motor vehicles and within
11 any motor vehicle used to provide such services. For the purposes of
12 this section, "motor carriers" shall not include buses referenced in
13 paragraph (a) or (e) of subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a
14 of this article.
15 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 509-m of the vehicle and traffic law, as
16 amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new subdivi-
17 sion 9 is added to read as follows:
18 1. At least once [every three years] annually, review the bus driver
19 files of each motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner
20 may review such bus driver files at his discretion at any other time
21 during regular business hours. Provided, however, that the commissioner
22 shall review at least annually the bus driver files of each driver
23 employed by a motor carrier who operates an altered motor vehicle
24 commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine" designed to carry nine or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 more passengers including the driver pursuant to operating authority
2 issued by the commissioner of transportation, and annually verify wheth-
3 er each such driver holds a valid driver's license valid for the opera-
4 tion of such altered motor vehicle.
5 9. Issue new credentials, designed for public display, which shall
6 serve as proof that a bus driver is qualified under sections five
7 hundred nine-b and five hundred nine-dd of this article. Such creden-
8 tials shall be re-issued annually.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
10 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
11 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
12 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
13 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.