Requires the use of electronic coupling when providing prearranged transportation services to allow a passenger to confirm the prearranged match through an interactive exchange of signals on both the driver's handheld device and the passenger's handheld device.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6012--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the use of electronic coupling when providing prearranged transporta-
tion services to passengers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 33 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new section 1229-e to read as follows:
3 § 1229-e. Additional safety requirements for vehicles engaged in the
4 transportation of passengers. Any entity that provides a digital network
5 or application accessible by a handheld device to facilitate prearranged
6 transportation services to passengers, including services provided in
7 transportation network company vehicles, as defined in section sixteen
8 hundred ninety-one of this chapter, for-hire-vehicles, as defined by
9 section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and
10 other commercial vehicles engaged in the for-hire transportation of
11 passengers, shall provide a system of interactive electronic coupling
12 between the passenger and the driver assigned to pick the passenger up.
13 Upon the arrival of such a vehicle or at any time during a prearranged
14 ride, the electronic coupling shall allow a passenger to confirm the
15 prearranged match through an interactive exchange of signals on both the
16 driver's handheld device and the passenger's handheld device.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
18 law. Effective immediately, the department of motor vehicles is author-
19 ized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the
20 implementation of this act 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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