Assembly Bill A11013

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the statewide transportation network company drivers misconduct database

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A11013 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1699-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5690
2023-2024: A904

2019-A11013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the statewide transportation network company drivers misconduct database; requires the department of motor vehicles to establish a database and compile the names of any transportation network company drivers who have had their employment terminated due to misconduct.

2019-A11013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11013
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Joyner) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   the statewide transportation network company drivers misconduct  data-
   base
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1699-a to read as follows:
   §  1699-A. STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVERS MISCONDUCT
 DATABASE. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE DATABASE ACCESSIBLE TO TRANSPOR-
 TATION NETWORK  COMPANIES  AND  GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS  APPROVED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  WHICH  SHALL COMPILE THE NAMES OF ANY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
 COMPANY DRIVERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED DUE TO  MISCON-
 DUCT,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ASSAULT AND HARASS-
 MENT, AND  ANY  OTHER  DISQUALIFYING  CRIMINAL  CONVICTIONS  IN  SECTION
 SIXTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  EACH  TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IN THIS STATE SHALL REPORT TO
 THE DEPARTMENT, IN A FORM AND MANNER AS DEFINED IN  REGULATIONS  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPILE AND MAINTAIN THE DATA-
 BASE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. EACH  TRANSPORTATION  NETWORK
 COMPANY  SHALL  REPORT  ANY TERMINATION OF A DRIVER WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS
 DAYS OF SUCH TERMINATION.
   3. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND THE PUBLIC, A TRANSPORTATION
 NETWORK COMPANY SHALL CHECK THE DATABASE PRIOR TO AUTHORIZING  A  PERSON
 TO  DRIVE FOR SUCH COMPANY AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, HOWEVER, THE DEPART-
 MENT MAY REQUIRE, PURSUANT TO REGULATION, MORE FREQUENT CHECKS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 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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