Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states "ATTENTION: Assaulting A Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2458--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to enacting the
"taxi driver protection act" requiring the posting of signs in for-
hire vehicles to prevent assault
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv-
2 er protection act".
3 § 2. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
4 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
5 11. a. Every owner of a for-hire vehicle shall post in at least one
6 conspicuous place in the rear passenger compartment of such vehicle
7 stating in not less than sixteen point font form the following: "ATTEN-
8 TION: Assaulting A Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In
9 Prison"; provided, however, that a black car operator shall have the
10 right but not the obligation to post such a sign while providing for-
11 hire vehicle services.
12 b. For the purposes of this subdivision, the terms "for-hire vehicle"
13 and "black car operator" shall have the same meanings as provided in
14 subdivision two of section 60.07 of the penal law.
15 § 3. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations
16 necessary for the provisions of this act and shall determine the penalty
17 for failing to post such signs.
18 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
19 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00700-04-7
