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Jan 04, 2012 |
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May 31, 2011 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S5538
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S5538 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7897
- Current Committee:
- Senate Cities
- Law Section:
- New York City
2011-S5538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5538 TITLE OF BILL: An act authorizing the public sale of taxicab licenses in the city of New York SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The proposed legislation would authorize the City of New York ("City") to enact a local law allowing the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to sell publicly up to 1,500 new taxicab licenses. Each of these 1,500 taxicab licenses would be sold in a lot with a specified number of restricted taxicab licenses. These restricted licenses would be subject to rules to ensure that they provide service to areas of the city that are underserved by existing taxicabs. REASONS FOR SUPPORT: This bill would allow the City to implement a taxi plan that will more effectively service all five boroughs of New York City. The creation of this plan was prompted by two persistent mobility problems: (1) Nearly non-existent taxi availability in underserved areas of the City (e.g., boroughs outside Manhattan); and (2) Insufficient taxi supply in Manhattan's central business district.
2011-S5538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5538 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 31, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT authorizing the public sale of taxicab licenses in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The city of New York may, by local law, authorize the New York city taxi and limousine commission or its successor agency to issue one thousand five hundred additional taxicab licenses, provided, howev- er, that such licenses shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by such local law, and provided further that such licenses shall be issued by public sale. S 2. The city of New York may, by local law, authorize such taxi and limousine commission, as part of such public sale, to issue a specified number of restricted taxicab licenses together with each additional taxicab license authorized by section one of this act, provided, howev- er, that taxicabs operated pursuant to such restricted taxicab licenses shall be permitted to accept passengers only in areas designated by local law as areas that are underserved by taxicab service, and provided further that such restricted taxicab licenses shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as may be prescribed by such local law. S 3. The licenses issued pursuant to sections one and two of this act shall be transferable subject to limits prescribed by such local law. Such local law shall also provide that such public sale of such addi- tional licenses shall be done by public auction, sealed bids or other competitive process, as provided by regulation of such taxi and limou- sine commission. Such taxi and limousine commission is authorized to sell by public auction, sealed bids or other competitive process, as provided by regulation of such taxi and limousine commission, any license which it repossesses as a result of a default by the purchaser under the terms of any purchase financing offered by the city of New York. S 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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