Assembly Bill A9730

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to taxi and limousine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9730 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7488
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §152-a, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A6201, S7833

2015-A9730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to taxi and limousine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles.

2015-A9730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9730

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to taxi and limou-
  sine services equipped with wheelchair accessible vehicles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
152-a to read as follows:
  S 152-A.  FOR-HIRE  ACCESSIBLE  WHEELCHAIR  TRANSPORTATION.  1.    THE
DEPARTMENT  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT
SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  2. THE NEW YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE  COMMISSION  SHALL  PROVIDE  A
DISPATCH  SERVICE  FOR  WHEELCHAIR  ACCESSIBLE  VEHICLES.  SUCH DISPATCH
SERVICE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING FOR-HIRE WHEELCHAIR  ACCESSI-
BLE TRANSPORTATION.
  3.  THE NEW YORK CITY FOR-HIRE BASES, AS DEFINED BY REGULATIONS OF THE
NEW YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO NEW
YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION REGULATIONS  RELATED  TO  WHEEL-
CHAIR  ACCESSIBLE  VEHICLES  NOR SHALL SUCH FOR-HIRE BASES BE SUBJECT TO
THE RESPONSIBILITIES PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
to be made and completed on or before such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13905-02-6

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