NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5375

Senate Bill S5375

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires all bus companies to post on their websites or at the places they sell tickets, certain information

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Apr 29, 2019	referred to transportation

2019-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2107
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §509-nn, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6952, A8831
2021-2022: S3708, A3398
2023-2024: S1842, A9640

2019-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all bus companies to post on their internet websites or at the places they sell tickets, certain information maintained by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

2019-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5375

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to requiring motor carriers of passengers to post, for public
viewing, certain information on their websites

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require bus carriers to post the safety records of their bus company
on the company's website, as listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration's website.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill requires motor carriers to post their safety
inspection records, as provided on the website for the federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, onto the bus carrier's own website for
public viewing. This would allow customers to view the company's
inspection history, violation summary history, and summary of crashes
when the customer goes on the company's website to purchase a bus tick-

et. For bus companies that do not have an online website to purchase
tickets, the company would be required to post the safety inspection
information of the company at the location where the tickets are sold in
person to customers. This safety information must be updated at least
once every three months.

Section 2 states that the act shall take effect 180 days after the bill
becomes law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On September 18, 2017, bus driver Raymond Mong, employed by charter bus
company Dahlia, sped down a street in Flushing, Queens at nearly twice
the speed limit, running a red light and crashing into a MTA bus. The
crash killed two innocent people, in addition to Mr.  Mong. Mr. Mong had
previously been convicted of drunk driving in Connecticut while he was
driving his car.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill in 2018: A.8831.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
180 days after the bill becomes law.

2019-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5375
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   motor  carriers  of  passengers  to  post, for public viewing, certain
   information on their websites

   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 509-nn to read as follows:
   § 509-NN. MOTOR CARRIER INFORMATION. 1. EACH MOTOR CARRIER SHALL POST,
 FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, ON ITS WEBSITE  THE  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  SUCH
 CARRIER  AS  POSTED  ON  THE WEBSITE OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
 ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) ITS UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER;
   (B) ITS ON ROAD PERFORMANCE PERCENTILE;
   (C) ITS SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES;
   (D) ITS INSPECTION HISTORY; AND
   (E) A SUMMARY OF ITS VIOLATIONS.
   2.  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  A MOTOR CARRIER DOES NOT MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE, SUCH CARRIER SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST, AT EACH PLACE
 WHERE THE MOTOR CARRIER SELLS TICKETS FOR TRANSPORTATION, A NOTICE WHICH
 PROVIDES THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 UPDATED NOT LESS FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this  act  on  its
 effective  date  are authorized and directed 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.

                                                            LBD03970-01-9

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