STATE OF NEW YORK
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5825--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 5, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
tration of commuter vans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Schedule C of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle
2 and traffic law, as amended by section 8 of part G of chapter 59 of the
3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 C. Schedule for taxicabs and livery. 1. For each taxicab or livery
5 having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the driver, of five
6 persons or less, the annual fee of thirty-one dollars and sixty-three
7 cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers,
8 excluding the driver, of not less than six persons, nor more than seven
9 persons, the annual fee of fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For
10 each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding
11 the driver, of at least eight persons, but not more than ten persons,
12 the annual fee of sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents. For each such
13 vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the driver,
14 of at least eleven persons, but not more than fourteen persons, the
15 annual fee of ninety-two dollars. Any registration issued pursuant to
16 this schedule shall be revoked upon receipt by the commissioner of a
17 notice of revocation of any license or permit necessary for the issuance
18 of such registration from the local authority which issued such license
19 or permit, or upon receipt of evidence by the commissioner that the
20 registrant has been convicted of a violation of any local law requiring
21 the issuance of a license or permit in order to engage in for-hire oper-
22 ation. Provided, however, that upon surrender to the commissioner of any
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such revoked registration and number plates and upon payment of the
2 proper registration fee, a registration may be issued for the vehicle
3 for which such registration has been revoked pursuant to the provisions
4 of subdivision six of this section.
5 2. For purposes of this schedule, the term "livery" shall also include
6 a motor vehicle with a driver having a seating capacity of at least nine
7 but not more than fourteen passengers used to carry passengers for hire
8 in a commuter van service under an authorization issued by a munici-
9 pality.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
