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A4025Assembly2019-2020 Session

Protect Rental Horse Licenses

Official title

“Relates to licenses for the rental horse business”

Sponsor David WeprinAD-24Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Agriculture
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Agriculture

What's happening

This bill prohibits New York City from reducing the number of rental horse business licenses or increasing license fees from 2015 levels.

Why it matters

  1. Protects the status quo for horse-drawn carriage businesses. by preventing New York City from reducing the number of rental horse business licenses below what existed in 2015, which could help maintain jobs and stability for operators in this sector.

  2. Blocks potential fee increases or stricter licensing requirements. , ensuring that existing operators are not priced out or burdened by new administrative hurdles, which could otherwise threaten the viability of their businesses.

  3. Limits the city's regulatory flexibility. in managing public space, animal welfare policy, or traffic concerns, since it restricts the city’s ability to adjust the number of licenses or licensing process in response to changing conditions or public sentiment.

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Who cares

  • New York City rental horse businesses

    The bill would prevent the city from issuing fewer licenses than it issued in 2015 or changing the application process, including raising license fees.

  • Applicants for rental horse business licenses

    The bill would preserve the existing application process and bar license fee increases.

  • New York City licensing officials

    The bill would require them to maintain at least the 2015 license issuance level and prohibit changes to the license application process.

Headline styles

Protect Rental Horse Licenses

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
David Weprin

Assembly Member · Assembly District 24

Chair, Insurance

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Referred to agriculture
  2. Referred to agriculture

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4025

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 31, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to licenses for the rental horse business

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

Section 1. Section 17-327 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:

f. The city may not issue fewer licenses pursuant to this subchapter, than issued in such city in the year two thousand fifteen. The city shall not alter the license application process, including raising the fee for such license.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07511-01-9

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