Int. No. 271
By Council Members McMahon, Jackson, Nelson and Reed
A Local Law to amend the New York city administrative code 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 New York city administrative code is hereby amended by adding new section 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.
9/14/02
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