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                                   9941
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
   transportation network companies from enacting  surge  pricing  during
   declared federal, state and local emergencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1691 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  "SURGE  PRICING"  MEANS THE PRACTICE OF RAISING PRICES WHEN DEMAND
 FOR A SERVICE IS STRONG AND RETURNING PRICES TO NORMAL WHEN DEMAND FOR A
 SERVICE RETURNS TO NORMAL LEVELS.
   § 2. Section 1692 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  NO  TNC  SHALL  ENGAGE  IN THE PRACTICE OF SURGE PRICING DURING A
 DECLARED FEDERAL EMERGENCY, STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, OR LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY OR
 LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDERS, AS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW. A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
 CIVIL PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH SUCH OCCURRENCE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15367-02-2