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S05641 Summary:

BILL NOS05641A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A07753-A
 
SPONSORCROCI
 
COSPNSRSERINO, JACOBS, KENNEDY, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, SEPULVEDA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§1699 & 1696, V & T L
 
Requires that a person shall be disqualified from receiving a transportation network company permit if he or she is convicted of a sex offense and such disqualification shall last the duration of time for which he or she is required to register as a sex offender.
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S05641 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5641--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 24, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  SERINO, JACOBS, KENNEDY -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
          to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  criminal
          history background check of transportation network company drivers
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 1699  of
     2  the  vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chap-
     3  ter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) An applicant shall be disqualified to receive a TNC driver  permit
     5  where he or she:
     6    (i)  stands  convicted  in the last three years of: unlawful fleeing a
     7  police officer in a motor  vehicle  in  violation  of  sections  270.35,
     8  270.30  or  270.25  of  the  penal law, reckless driving in violation of
     9  section twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, operating  while  license
    10  or  privilege  is  suspended  or  revoked  in  violation of section five
    11  hundred eleven of this chapter,  excluding  subdivision  seven  of  such
    12  section,  a misdemeanor offense of operating a motor vehicle while under
    13  the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation of section eleven hundred
    14  ninety-two of this chapter, or leaving  the  scene  of  an  accident  in
    15  violation  of subdivision two of section six hundred of this chapter. In
    16  calculating the three year period under this subparagraph, any period of
    17  time during which the person was incarcerated after  the  commission  of
    18  such  offense  shall  be  excluded  and  such three year period shall be
    19  extended by a period or periods equal to the  time  spent  incarcerated;
    20  [or]
    21    (ii)  stands  convicted  in  the  last  seven years of: [a sex offense
    22  defined in subdivision two of section one hundred sixty-eight-a  of  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11130-04-7

        S. 5641--A                          2

     1  correction  law,]  a felony offense defined in article one hundred twen-
     2  ty-five of the penal law, a violent felony offense  defined  in  section
     3  70.02  of  the  penal law, a class A felony offense defined in the penal
     4  law,  a  felony  offense defined in section eleven hundred ninety-two of
     5  this chapter, [an offense for which registration as a  sex  offender  is
     6  required  pursuant  to  article  six-C  of  the  correction law,] or any
     7  conviction of an offense in any other  jurisdiction  that  has  all  the
     8  essential  elements of an offense listed in this subparagraph. In calcu-
     9  lating the seven year period under this subparagraph, any period of time
    10  during which the person was incarcerated after the  commission  of  such
    11  offense  shall  be excluded and such seven year period shall be extended
    12  by a period or periods equal to the time spent incarcerated; or
    13    (iii) stands convicted of a sex offense defined in subdivision two  of
    14  section  one  hundred  sixty-eight-a  of the correction law or any other
    15  offense for which registration as a sex offender is required pursuant to
    16  article six-C of the correction law for the duration of time  for  which
    17  they  are  required  to  register  as a sex offender pursuant to article
    18  six-C of the correction law.
    19    (c) A criminal history record that contains criminal conviction infor-
    20  mation that does not disqualify an applicant pursuant  to  subparagraphs
    21  (i)  [or],  (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, shall be
    22  reviewed and considered according to the provisions of  article  twenty-
    23  three-A  of  the  correction law and subdivisions fifteen and sixteen of
    24  section two hundred ninety-six  of  the  executive  law  in  determining
    25  whether or not the applicant should be issued a TNC driver's permit.
    26    §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 1696 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    27  amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
    28    (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the  depart-
    29  ment  of  criminal justice services shall permit a TNC, or a third party
    30  on behalf of a TNC, that is subject to the provisions of this section to
    31  access the New York state sex offender registry by electronic means.
    32    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    33  manner as section 2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, takes
    34  effect.
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