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A1316Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS6189

Study Limo Passenger Safety

Official title

“Relates to establishing the stretch limousine passenger safety task force”

Sponsor Amy PaulinAD-88+30 co-sponsorsAffects Transportation
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill creates a task force to review and recommend improvements for stretch limousine passenger safety in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Addresses Gaps in Limousine Safety Oversight. By reviewing inter-agency coordination and information sharing (such as inspection and registration status), the task force aims to close loopholes that may allow unsafe vehicles or operators to continue operating undetected.

  2. Considers Stronger Driver Standards and Training. The bill tasks the group with evaluating whether stretch limousine drivers should be held to similar requirements as bus drivers, and whether uniform safety training—including passenger safety demonstrations—should be mandated, which could directly impact passenger safety during emergencies.

  3. Explores Enhanced Vehicle Safety Features and Lifespan Limits. The task force is directed to look at new safety requirements, such as anti-intrusion bars, roll-over protection, emergency exits, and even speed governors, as well as possible maximum age/mileage limits for limousines. These recommendations could reshape the industry’s operating standards.

  4. May Influence State and Federal Regulatory Boundaries. By examining where federal regulations preempt state action and where New York can act independently, the task force’s findings could clarify and expand the state’s authority to regulate stretch limousines, potentially leading to stricter local rules where federal oversight is lacking.

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Study Limo Passenger Safety

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Amy Paulin

Assembly Member · Assembly District 88

Chair, Health

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Signed chap.3
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 60–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.78
  6. Substituted for S6189C
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.2
  11. Rules report cal.2
  12. Reported
Show 9 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Print number 1316c
  3. Amend and recommit to transportation
  4. Print number 1316b
  5. Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
  6. Referred to transportation
  7. Print number 1316a
  8. Amend and recommit to transportation
  9. Referred to transportation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S6189Senate

Create Limo Safety Task Force

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Anna Kaplan

Impact 2 · Minimal0% to pass

Full text

3 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

1316--C

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, McDONALD, THIELE, ARROYO, GALEF, D'URSO, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, COOK, GRIFFIN, McDONOUGH, LAWRENCE, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation --… Show all

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, McDONALD, THIELE, ARROYO, GALEF, D'URSO, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, COOK, GRIFFIN, McDONOUGH, LAWRENCE, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to establish the stretch limousine passenger safety task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

Section 1. Stretch limousine passenger safety task force. 1. There is hereby created the "stretch limousine passenger safety task force", hereinafter referred to as the "task force", to conduct a comprehensive review of matters influencing the safety, adequacy, efficiency, and reliability of stretch limousine transportation of passengers for compensation.

2. Such task force shall consist of eleven members which shall include the commissioner of motor vehicles or his or her designee, the commissioner of transportation or his or her designee, the superintendent of the New York state police or his or her designee, and eight other members to be appointed by the governor as follows: two upon the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate, two upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, one upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly and two without recommendation from any other person.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD01679-04-0

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3. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation. Any vacancies on the task force shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.

4. The commissioner of transportation and the commissioner of motor vehicles shall serve as joint chairs of the task force.

5. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution, or other government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish its duties. The task force shall hold at least one public hearing in the state for the purpose of soliciting public comment on stretch limousine safety.

6. To effectuate the purposes of this act, the task force may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any state public authority such assistance, information and data as will enable the task force to properly carry out its powers and duties hereunder.

7. The task force shall undertake a review of the actions and measures that are needed to ensure safe, adequate, efficient and reliable forhire passenger transportation by stretch limousine and make recommendations regarding:

a. enhanced coordination between the department of motor vehicles and the department of transportation regarding the regulation of stretch limousines, including an examination into how the department of transportation and department of motor vehicles can share necessary information related to stretch limousines and their operators including, but not limited to, inspection status, registration status, operating certificate or permit status, and relevant traffic or criminal convictions, in real time, and regarding the best uses for a smartphone application, website, or hotline;

b. the establishment and adoption of a uniform safety training program for drivers of stretch limousines, including a component to train such drivers to conduct a safety demonstration with passengers instructing them on the use of seatbelts and any other relevant safety measures that may be deemed useful;

c. the appropriateness of extending vehicle and traffic law requirements and regulations that currently apply to bus drivers under article 19-A of such law to drivers of stretch limousines;

d. the appropriateness of establishing a limit on the maximum allowable time frame for stretch limousines to be permitted to operate on roadways within the state, such as a possible limit of ten years or 350,000 miles;

e. a review of federal laws and rules as they relate to the regulation of stretch limousines, including but not limited to, identification of the subject areas specifically regulated by federal laws and rules, whether and to what extent federal laws and rules preempt state action with respect to the regulation of stretch limousines, and areas of stretch limousine regulation which are subject to oversight by the states; and

f. the need for additional safety measures for stretch limousines, including, but not limited to, increasing the minimum age for drivers to obtain a license to operate stretch limousines; the installation of safety features in such vehicles such as multiple anti-intrusion bars in side panels, roll-over protection devices such as cages or pillars, rear emergency exits including push-out windows, rear view cameras, airbags, carbon monoxide monitors, and speed restriction or governing devices to limit top vehicle speeds; appropriate notice or signage for customers

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and passengers; and the feasibility and necessity of having New York state run crash testing for stretch limousines.

8. The task force shall, on or before November 1, 2021, issue a final report and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.

9. For the purposes of this act, the term "stretch limousine" shall mean any motor vehicle with a chassis which was altered post-manufacture and having a seating capacity of nine or more passengers, including the driver, used in the business of transporting passengers for compensation.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed May 31, 2022.

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