STATE OF NEW YORK
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7296--A
IN SENATE
May 9, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to the regulation of limousines and livery vehicles
in the city of Syracuse
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 181 of the general municipal law,
2 as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws of 2012, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and may limit the number
5 of taxicabs to be licensed and the county of Westchester may adopt ordi-
6 nances regulating the registration and licensing of taxicabs and limou-
7 sines and may limit the number to be licensed; the county of Nassau may
8 adopt ordinances regulating the registration of taxicabs and limousines;
9 and the county of Suffolk may adopt ordinances regulating the registra-
10 tion of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles; and the county of
11 Rockland may adopt local laws or ordinances regulating the registration
12 and licensing of taxicabs, limousines, and livery vehicles and may limit
13 the number to be licensed; and the city of Syracuse may adopt ordinances
14 regulating the registration and licensing of limousines and livery vehi-
15 cles and may limit the number to be licensed.
16 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 498 of the vehicle and
17 traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 385 of the laws
18 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
19 b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one
20 million or more, or a county within New York state contiguous to such
21 city [or], the county of Suffolk [or], the county of Rockland, or the
22 city of Syracuse, that requires the issuance of a license, permit,
23 registration, certification or other approval for a vehicle to perform
24 the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one or more passengers in such
25 jurisdiction for compensation.
26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14432-03-4
