STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9561 IN ASSEMBLY March 16, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to pre-arranged for-hire vehicle transportation services and the maximization of ener- gy efficiency, universal design and accessibility by persons with disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Energy Efficiency Accessible Livery Act". 3 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 4 1220-d to read as follows: 5 § 1220-d. Universal accessibility and energy efficiency in for-hire 6 vehicles. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall 7 have the following meanings: 8 (a) "Pre-arranged for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle, 9 designed to carry no more than nine passengers (excluding the driver), 10 that is used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation 11 on a pre-arranged basis, and operated in such business under a license 12 or permit issued by a licensing jurisdiction. The term "pre-arranged 13 for-hire vehicle" shall apply to vehicles as defined in this paragraph 14 regardless of any other provision of local law or rule defining or 15 describing such vehicles by any other terms such as livery, taxi, black 16 car, or luxury limousine. 17 (b) "Pre-arranged for-hire vehicle owner or operator" shall mean the 18 registered owner of a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, or a duly licensed 19 driver designated by such registered owner or operator to operate the 20 registered owner's or operator's pre-arranged for-hire vehicle as the 21 registered owner's or operator's authorized designee. 22 (c) "Universal design" or "universally designed" shall mean the design 23 of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest 24 extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. 25 (d) "Energy efficient vehicle" shall mean vehicles that are petrole- 26 um-alternative vehicles using petroleum-alternative fuels; hybrid elec- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14556-01-6