Legislation Details

File #: Int 0095-2006    Version: * Name: Sight-seeing buses that offer tour narratin to provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Consumer Affairs
On agenda: 2/15/2006
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring sight-seeing buses that offer tour narration to provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide.
Sponsors: Melissa Mark-Viverito, James Sanders, Jr.
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2009*Melissa Mark-Viverito City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/15/2006*Melissa Mark-Viverito City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/15/2006*Melissa Mark-Viverito City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 95

 

By Council Members Mark-Viverito and Sanders Jr.

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring sight-seeing buses that offer tour narration to provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1.  Subchapter 21 of chapter 2 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by adding a new section 20-376.1 to read as follows:

§20-376.1  Tour narration on sight-seeing buses.  Any sight-seeing bus licensed pursuant to this subchapter  that offers tour narration shall provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide licensed pursuant to subchapter 8 of this title.  Tour narration shall not be provided on a video tape, audio tape, compact disc, or through any other digital, electronic, computerized or similar means.

§2.  This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment.

 

 

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