Relates to changing the licensing requirement to allow drivers with valid driver's licenses from other states to act as a transportation network company driver in New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2989
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 31, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, BOYLE, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the licens-
ing requirement of an individual acting as a transportation network
company driver
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
2 section 1696 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 60 of
3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iv) does not possess a valid [New York] driver's license;
5 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section
6 1696 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA
7 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
8 (ii) The department may promulgate regulations authorizing additional
9 LENS notifications as the commissioner deems necessary to protect public
10 health and safety; and, notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this para-
11 graph, shall promulgate regulations regarding the receipt of notifica-
12 tions of traffic violations by TNC drivers with a driver's license
13 issued by a state other than New York.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
16 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
17 this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
18 and 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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