Assembly Bill A5690

2021-2022 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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2021-A5690 (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:
2019-2020: A11013
2023-2024: A904

2021-A5690 (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.

2021-A5690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5690
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by 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.

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