S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5627--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY, BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to defining
         commuter van vehicles, liveries, and taxicabs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 121-e of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
    2  chapter 15 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 121-e. Livery. Every motor vehicle, INCLUDING COMMUTER VANS  OPERAT-
    4  ING  WITH  CHARTER/CONTRACT AUTHORITY FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT
    5  OF TRANSPORTATION OR FEDERAL INTERSTATE AUTHORITY FROM THE UNITED STATES
    6  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, other than a taxicab or a bus, used in the
    7  business of transporting passengers for compensation. However, it  shall
    8  not include vehicles which are rented or leased without a driver.
    9    S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
   10  108-a to read as follows:
   11    S 108-A. COMMUTER VAN VEHICLE. AS  USED  IN  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  TERM
   12  "COMMUTER VAN VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DRIVER HAVING A
   13  SEATING  CAPACITY OF AT LEAST NINE BUT NOT MORE THAN FOURTEEN PASSENGERS
   14  TO CARRY PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN AN AUTHORIZED COMMUTER VAN SERVICE.
   15    S 3. Section 148-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
   16  ter 15 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   17    S 148-a. Taxicab. Every motor vehicle, other than a bus AND A COMMUTER
   18  VAN VEHICLE, used in the business of transporting passengers for compen-
   19  sation, and operated in such business under a license or  permit  issued
   20  by  a  local authority. However, it shall not include vehicles which are
   21  rented or leased without a driver.
   22    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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