Senate Bill S7833A

2017-2018 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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2017-S7833 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6201
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §19-548, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7488, A9730

2017-S7833 - Summary

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

2017-S7833 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7833 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7833
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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:
   §  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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD10233-01-7



              

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2017-S7833A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6201
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §19-548, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7488, A9730

2017-S7833A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S7833A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7833A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7833--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  taxi  and  limousine  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.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
 that the public health, safety and welfare of New Yorkers who use wheel-
 chairs traveling to, from and within the city of New York is a matter of
 substantial state concern, including access to safe  and  reliable  mass
 transportation  such as for-hire-vehicles. The majority of residents and
 non-residents of the city  of  New  York  who  use  wheelchairs  do  not
 currently  have  efficient access to accessible for-hire-vehicles in the
 city of New York. The legislature finds and declares that is it a matter
 of public health, safety and welfare to  ensure  adequate  and  reliable
 accessible  transportation  to disabled individuals that use wheelchairs
 in the city of New York. Additionally, New York city has  grappled  with
 the  issue of providing efficient for-hire-vehicle service to people who
 use wheelchairs for decades. Unfortunately, it efforts  have  proven  an
 abject  failure  as  its  rules and regulations fail to comport with the
 business structure of the  fore-hire-vehicle  model.  This  failure  has
 manifested  itself  in  the inability to achieve equivalent services, as
 admitted by the TLC commissioner. This legislative initiative creates  a
 system  that  has  proven successful in other states in providing people
 who use wheelchairs with transportation. Moreover, this legislation uses
 a similar model to that the TLC has  implemented  for  the  yellow  taxi
 system.
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 19-548 to read as follows:
   § 19-548 FOR-HIRE ACCESSIBLE WHEELCHAIR  TRANSPORTATION.  A.  THE  NEW
 YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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