Senate Bill S6781B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street

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    • In Committee Assembly
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S6781 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2653
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19-502, 19-504 & 19-516, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6621, A7948
2019-2020: S2781, S6305, A6735
2021-2022: S5320, A1470, A9731

2023-S6781 - Summary

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-S6781 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6781 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6781
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  COMRIE,  JACKSON, LANZA, MYRIE, PERSAUD,
   SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to allowing commuter vans to accept  hails  from  prospective
   passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
   relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative  code
 of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of the city
 of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 ity of at least nine passengers but not more than twenty  passengers  or
 such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
 ing  passengers  for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter van by
 the commission [and not  permitted  to  accept  hails  from  prospective
 passengers  in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of this chap-
 ter relating to prohibitions against the operation  of  an  unauthorized
 commuter  van  service or an unlicensed commuter van, the enforcement of
 such prohibitions and the imposition of penalties for violations of such
 prohibitions and to the seizure and forfeiture  of  commuter  vans,  the
 term  shall also include any common carrier of passengers by motor vehi-
 cle not subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire vehicle,  or  wheel-
 chair accessible van and not operating as a public or private bus trans-
 it  service  operated  pursuant  to a contract with the city, any county
 within the state of New York, the state of New York or any  other  state
 or  local  government  that follows the applicable procurement rules and
 regulations of such jurisdiction regardless of the seating  capacity  of
 any such vehicle. The commission shall submit to the council the text of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07042-01-3
 S. 6781                             2
              

co-Sponsors

2023-S6781A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2653
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19-502, 19-504 & 19-516, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6621, A7948
2019-2020: S2781, S6305, A6735
2021-2022: S5320, A1470, A9731

2023-S6781A - Summary

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-S6781A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6781A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6781--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON,
   LANZA, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RHOADS, SANDERS --  read  twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on  Cities 1 -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities 1 in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to allowing commuter vans to accept  hails  from  prospective
   passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
   relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative  code
 of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of the city
 of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 ity of at least nine passengers but not more than  [twenty]  TWENTY-FOUR
 passengers  or  such greater capacity as the commission may establish by
 rule and carrying passengers for hire in the city  duly  licensed  as  a
 commuter  van  by the commission [and not permitted to accept hails from
 prospective passengers in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of
 this chapter relating to prohibitions against the operation of an  unau-
 thorized  commuter  van  service  or  an  unlicensed  commuter  van, the
 enforcement of such prohibitions and the  imposition  of  penalties  for
 violations  of  such  prohibitions  and to the seizure and forfeiture of
 commuter vans, the term shall also include any common carrier of passen-
 gers by motor vehicle not subject to licensure as  a  taxicab,  for-hire
 vehicle,  or  wheelchair accessible van and not operating as a public or
 private bus transit service operated pursuant to  a  contract  with  the
 city,  any county within the state of New York, the state of New York or
 any other state or local government that follows the applicable procure-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07042-02-4
              

co-Sponsors

2023-S6781B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2653
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19-502, 19-504 & 19-516, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6621, A7948
2019-2020: S2781, S6305, A6735
2021-2022: S5320, A1470, A9731

2023-S6781B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-S6781B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6781B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6781--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON,
   LANZA, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RHOADS, SANDERS --  read  twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on  Cities 1 -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities 1 in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to allowing commuter vans to accept  hails  from  prospective
   passengers  in  the  street;  and  providing  for  the  repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 ity  of  at least nine passengers but not more than twenty passengers or
 such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
 ing passengers for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter  van  by
 the  commission  and  not  permitted  to  accept  hails from prospective
 passengers in the street EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  C
 OF THIS SECTION. For purposes of the provisions of this chapter relating
 to  prohibitions  against  the operation of an unauthorized commuter van
 service or an unlicensed commuter van, the enforcement of such  prohibi-
 tions  and  the  imposition of penalties for violations of such prohibi-
 tions and to the seizure and forfeiture of commuter vans, the term shall
 also include any common carrier  of  passengers  by  motor  vehicle  not
 subject  to  licensure  as  a  taxicab,  for-hire vehicle, or wheelchair
 accessible van and not operating as a  public  or  private  bus  transit
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07042-05-4
              

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