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                                  6930--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BURGOS, REYES, SEPTIMO -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on
   Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT establishing the "COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act".
   § 2. Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary, any entity issuing
 for-hire  vehicle  licenses  shall,  for  a minimum of one year upon the
 effective date of this act, allow for  the  renewal  of  livery  vehicle
 licenses  which  expired  during  the  COVID-19 pandemic, under the same
 vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of  expiration  unless
 the livery vehicle owner opts to renew at the current requirement.  Such
 livery  vehicle  licenses restored pursuant to this act may not transfer
 their base affiliation to individuals, partnerships,  limited  liability
 companies,  business corporations, sole proprietorships, or any combina-
 tion of one or more such entities operating  under,  or  in  affiliation
 with,  one  brand  or  trade  name or a common brand, trade, business or
 operating name, that offers, facilitates, or otherwise connects  passen-
 gers  to  for-hire  vehicles  by prearrangement in the city of New York,
 utilizing software that allows a passenger or prospective  passenger  to
 arrange  for  transportation  using  a  passenger-facing  booking  tool,
 including a smartphone or other electronic device, and that  dispatches,
 or  facilitates the dispatching of, 10,000 or more trips in such city in
 one day.  Livery vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired  license
 during  this  open  window shall not be penalized, such as through addi-
 tional charges or fees.   Provided  further  that,  notwithstanding  the
 livery  vehicle  licenses  restored pursuant to this act, this act shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 not otherwise affect the ability of the entity issuing for-hire  vehicle
 licenses  from  setting  or  regulating  the  number of for-hire vehicle
 licenses, nor shall it impair such entity's ability to enter into agree-
 ments  with  for-hire  vehicles,  including  liveries,  to transition to
 hybrid or zero-emission vehicles by 2030.
   § 3. For the purposes of this act, the COVID-19 pandemic is deemed  to
 have  begun  upon  the issuance of Executive Order 202 on March 7, 2020,
 and is deemed to have ended upon the expiration of  Executive  Order  11
 after September 12, 2022.
   §  4.  For purposes of this act, "for-hire vehicle", "owner", "livery"
 and "vehicle license" shall mean the same as defined  by  local  law  or
 regulation.
   §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.