File #: Int 0354-2006    Version: Name: Displaying the international wheelchair insignia on the exterior of accessible taxicabs.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 5/24/2006
Enactment date: 12/18/2006 Law number: 2006/055
Title: .Title A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to displaying wheelchair insignias on the exterior of accessible vehicles.
Sponsors: G. Oliver Koppell, Christine C. Quinn, John C. Liu, James F. Gennaro, Rosie Mendez, David Yassky, Gale A. Brewer, Yvette D. Clarke, Inez E. Dickens, Lewis A. Fidler, Helen D. Foster, Sara M. Gonzalez, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Miguel Martinez, Michael E. McMahon, Hiram Monserrate, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., James Sanders, Jr., Larry B. Seabrook, Helen Sears, Kendall Stewart, David I. Weprin, Thomas White, Jr., Robert Jackson, Vincent J. Gentile, Daniel R. Garodnick, Jessica S. Lappin, Andrew J. Lanza, Betsy Gotbaum
Council Member Sponsors: 29
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 354 - 5/24/06, 2. Committee Report 6/14/06, 3. Hearing Transcript 6/14/06, 4. Committee Report 12/6/06, 5. Hearing Transcript 12/6/06, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12/6/06, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement, 8. Press Release, 9. Local Law
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/19/2006AG. Oliver Koppell City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2006AG. Oliver Koppell Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2006AG. Oliver Koppell Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2006AG. Oliver Koppell City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2006*G. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2006*G. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2006*G. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2006AG. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/14/2006*G. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/14/2006*G. Oliver Koppell Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2006*G. Oliver Koppell City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/2006*G. Oliver Koppell City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 354-A
 
By Council Members Koppell, The Speaker (Council Member Quinn), Liu, Gennaro, Mendez, Yassky, Brewer, Clarke, Dickens, Fidler, Foster, Gonzalez, Mark-Viverito, Martinez, McMahon, Monserrate, Recchia Jr., Sanders Jr., Seabrook, Sears, Stewart, Weprin, White Jr., Jackson, Gentile, Garodnick, Lappin, Lanza and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to displaying wheelchair insignias on the exterior of accessible vehicles.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
      Section 1.  Section 19-514 of Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
h.  Any accessible taxicab or for-hire vehicle licensed by the commission shall display the international wheelchair insignia or other insignia approved by the commission that identifies such vehicle as an accessible vehicle, in a minimum of two prominent locations on such vehicle's exterior.  For purposes of this subdivision, "accessible vehicle" shall mean any vehicle approved for use by the commission as a taxicab or for-hire vehicle that meets the specifications and requirements for accessible vehicles pursuant to the americans with disabilities act of 1990, as amended, and rules promulgated by the commission.
ยง2.  This local law shall take effect one hundred eighty days after its enactment into law.
 
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