Bill Text: NY S09532 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the New York state inspection of vehicles used for a for-hire service if such vehicles have out-of-state license plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09532 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09532-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9532

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          that all for-hire vehicles have New York state license plates in order
          to receive a New York state inspection

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 301 of the vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law is amended to read as follows:
     3    (b)  (1)  The  commissioner  shall  also require the inspection of any
     4  motor vehicle duly registered under the laws of another state,  a  prov-
     5  ince of Canada, a territory or a federal district to the extent to which
     6  such  state,  province,  territory  or  federal  district  requires  the
     7  inspection of motor vehicles duly registered  under  the  laws  of  this
     8  state;  provided, however, that a motor vehicle used to carry passengers
     9  for hire in for-hire vans and buses greater than nine passengers capaci-
    10  ty have New York state issued license plates to receive a New York State
    11  DOT inspection a for-hire vehicle service under an authorization  issued
    12  by  a  municipality  shall  not  be  inspected  in  accordance  with the
    13  provisions of this section unless  such  motor  vehicle  used  to  carry
    14  passengers  for  hire in a for-hire vehicle is duly registered under the
    15  laws of this state.
    16    (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the following terms shall have
    17  the following meanings:
    18    (A) "for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle carrying  passengers
    19  for  hire in the city, with a seating capacity of twenty-four passengers
    20  or less, not including the driver; and
    21    (B) "seating capacity" shall include any plain view location which  is
    22  capable  of  accommodating  a  normal  adult  as part of an overall seat
    23  configuration and design and is likely to be used as a seating  position
    24  while the vehicle is in motion.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14308-02-4