Int. No. 287
By Council Members Yassky, Liu, Gerson, Monserrate, Sanders, Brewer, Serrano, Addabbo, Avella, Koppell, Quinn, Seabrook, Katz, Gennaro, Gioia, Gentile, DeBlasio and Moskowitz; also Council Member McMahon
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring all taxicabs placed into operation after December 31, 2003 to use alternative fuel.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by REPEALING section 19-531 and enacting a new section 19-531 to read as follows:
19-531. All taxicabs placed into operation after December 31, 2003 shall use alternative fuel as defined in paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 24-163.1 of this code. For purposes of this section, a taxicab using alternative fuel shall also include a hybrid-electric vehicle defined as a vehicle that employs a combustion engine system together with an electric propulsion system that operates in an integrated manner.
§2. This local law shall be known as the “Clean Air Taxicab Act of 2002”.
§3. This local law shall take effect immediately after it is enacted into law.