Authorizes an additional report and recommendations from the stretch limousine passenger safety task force; extends provisions of law relating thereto; requires such additional report be issued on or before December 1, 2024; extends such provisions of law until December 31, 2024.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7087
SPONSOR: Santabarbara TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 2020 relating to establishing
the stretch limousine passenger safety task force, in relation to
authorizing an additional report and recommendations and in relation to
extending the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow an additional report and recommendations from the stretch
limousine passenger safety task force, and extends time to allow the
task force to review new information such as the Inspector General
report.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 8 of section 1 and section 2 of chapter 3 of the laws of
2020, relating to establishing the stretch limousine passenger safety
task force, is amended to allow the stretch limousine task force to
reconvene and issue an additional report and recommendations on or
before December 1, 2024.
JUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 3 of 2020 created the Stretch Limousine Passenger Safety Task
Force, which is charged with conducting a comprehensive review of
matters influencing the safety, adequacy, efficiency and reliability of
stretch limousine transportation. The task force was required to issue a
final report by October of 2022. Some members of the task force public-
ly states that the report and recommendations should not have been
issued until after a report by the Inspector General was issued. This
amendment will allow the members of the task force to reconvene, review
new information, and issue a new report and recommendations by a new
deadline of December 1, 2024.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7087
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 2020 relating to establishing
the stretch limousine passenger safety task force, in relation to
authorizing an additional report and recommendations and in relation
to extending the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 1 and section 2 of chapter 3 of
2 the laws of 2020, relating to establishing the stretch limousine passen-
3 ger safety task force, as amended by chapter 177 of the laws of 2022,
4 are amended to read as follows:
5 8. The task force shall, on or before October 1, 2022, issue a [final]
6 report and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of
7 the senate, and the speaker of the assembly. The task force shall
8 reconvene, and issue an additional report and further recommendations to
9 the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of
10 the assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed [May] December
13 31, [2023] 2024.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
15 have been in full force and effect on and after May 31, 2023.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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