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                              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 -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       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 STATE AND/OR FEDERAL AUTHORITY, other than a taxicab or a  bus,
    5  used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation. Howev-
    6  er,  it  shall not include vehicles which are rented or leased without a
    7  driver.
    8    S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    9  108-a to read as follows:
   10    S  108-A.  COMMUTER  VAN  VEHICLE.  AS  USED IN THIS CHAPTER, THE TERM
   11  "COMMUTER VAN VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DRIVER HAVING A
   12  SEATING CAPACITY OF AT LEAST NINE BUT NOT MORE THAN FOURTEEN  PASSENGERS
   13  TO CARRY PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN AN AUTHORIZED COMMUTER VAN SERVICE.
   14    S 3. Section 148-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
   15  ter 15 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   16    S 148-a. Taxicab. Every motor vehicle, other than a bus AND A COMMUTER
   17  VAN VEHICLE, used in the business of transporting passengers for compen-
   18  sation,  and  operated in such business under a license or permit issued
   19  by a local authority. However, it shall not include vehicles  which  are
   20  rented or leased without a driver.
   21    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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