Bill Text: NY A08261 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation of the city of New York to develop a program on dangers of prostitution and legal consequences thereof, required to be completed by commercial passenger drivers as a condition of licensure and renewal of licensing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to cities [A08261 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A08261-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8261
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 9, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to requiring a sex crime safety program for commercial
passenger drivers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 19-538 to read as follows:
3 S 19-538 SEX CRIME EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A
4 PROGRAM THAT WILL EDUCATE DRIVERS OF TAXICABS, COACHES, WHEELCHAIR
5 ACCESSIBLE VANS, COMMUTER VANS AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ON THE DANGERS OF
6 PROSTITUTION AND THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF TRAFFICKING PROSTITUTES.
7 COMPLETION OF SUCH PROGRAM BY SUCH DRIVERS SHALL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR
8 INITIAL LICENSURE AND SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
10 a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11565-02-1
