Int. No. 747
By Council Members Dear, Reed and Stabile (by request of the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the licensing of for-hire vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision g of section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law number 76 for the year 1986, is amended to read as follows:
g. "For-hire vehicle" means a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire in the city, [designed to carry fewer than nine] with a seating capacity of twenty passengers or less, not including the driver, other than a taxicab, coach [or], wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or an authorized bus operating pursuant to applicable provisions of law. For the purpose of this subdivision, "seating capacity" shall include any plain view location which is capable of accomodating a normal adult, is part of an overall seat configuration and design and is likely to be used as a seating position while the vehicle is in motion.
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Intro. No. 747
Request of the Mayor
5/11/00