File #: Int 0271-2004    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: 3/10/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: 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.
Sponsors: Michael E. McMahon, Robert Jackson, Michael C. Nelson, Philip Reed
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2005*Michael E. McMahon City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/29/2004*Michael E. McMahon Committee on Consumer Affairs Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/29/2004*Michael E. McMahon Committee on Consumer Affairs Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/2004*Michael E. McMahon City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/10/2004*Michael E. McMahon City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

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.

 

 

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