Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1002
Timestamp: 2020-08-11 04:56:04
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§  17', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§  17', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§  10', '§ 11', '§ 20', '§  12', '§  13', '§  14', '§ 15', '§  16', '§  17', '§ 18', '§ 20', '§ 19', '§  20', '§ 20', '§  21', '§ 20', '§  22', '§ 23', '§ 20', '§  24']

NY State Assembly Bill A1002
assembly Bill A1002
Prohibits the operation of horse drawn cabs in the city of New York; repealer
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Jan 14, 2019 referred to cities
A1002 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-2012: A7748
2013-2014: A997
2015-2016: A430
2017-2018: A2440
A1002 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the operation of horse drawn cabs in the city of New York; defines the circumstances under which sale or disposal of a horse shall be deemed humane.
A1002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M.  of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
relation  to prohibiting the operation of horse drawn cabs in the city
of New York; and repealing certain provisions  of  such  law  relating
Section 1. Subdivisions (c), (g) and (i)  of  section  17-326  of  the
administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York are amended to read as
(c) "Work", a horse is considered to be at work when it is out of  its
ing  carriages,  vehicles or other devices,] or when it is saddled or in
or offers the use of a horse to the public for a fee for the purpose  of
(i)  "Under  tack" means that a horse is equipped for riding [or driv-
§ 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
§  17-326.1  CARRIAGE  RIDES PROHIBITED. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO OFFER
§ 3. Subdivisions a and d of section 17-327 of the administrative code
of the city of New York for the  year  2002,  are  amended  to  read  as
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§ 4. Section 17-329 of the administrative code of the city of New York
§  17-329  Disposition  of  licensed horse. A. The department shall be
§ 5. Subdivisions g, h and l of section 17-330 of  the  administrative
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such   duration   and  at  such  intervals  as  the  commissioner  shall
prescribe[, but rest periods for carriage horses shall in  no  event  be
for  less  than  fifteen minutes after each two hour working period, and
of hours the horse has worked in any  twenty-four  hour  period.  During
such  rest  periods,  the person in charge of such carriage horses shall
2. Carriage horses shall receive no less than five weeks  of  vacation
or  furlough every twelve months at a horse stable facility which allows
daily access to paddock or pasture turnout. Proof of  such  vacation  or
furlough  shall  be  provided  upon request to the department and/or the
l. An owner of a rental horse business shall keep such records as  the
commissioner  of  health  shall prescribe including but not limited to a
ing the  [driver's  name  and  identification  number,  if  applicable,]
rider's  name, the horse's identification number, [vehicle license plate
number, if applicable,] time of leaving stable and  time  of  return  to
stable.  An  owner  of  a  rental horse business shall also keep written
protocols for emergencies, including but  not  limited  to  primary  and
secondary  emergency contact information for each horse owner and insur-
ance company information, if applicable. Such records shall be  kept  on
able  for  inspection.  The  commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
require a time clock, date stamp or time stamp where  such  commissioner
§ 6. Subdivisions o and p of section 17-330 of the administrative code
§ 7. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 17-331 of the administra-
1.  Two  members  shall  be  appointed from among the owners of rental
sentative of the interests of owners of riding horses and  one  of  whom
§ 8. Subdivision a of section 17-334 of the administrative code of the
city  of  New  York  is REPEALED and subdivisions b and c are relettered
§ 9. Section 17-334.1 of the administrative code of the  city  of  New
§  10.  Sections  19-174  and 19-175 of the administrative code of the
§ 11. Section 20-371 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
York,  as amended by local law number 31 of the city of New York for the
§ 20-371 Licensing of sight-seeing buses[, horse drawn cabs and  horse
drawn  cabs]  in  the city of New York and set forth in local law number
are vested with a public  interest  and  their  regulation  and  control
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continue  to  be  necessary  and essential in order to cope with certain
evils and hazards which existed in the absence  of  governmental  super-
but  recent  experience  and  study indicate that jurisdiction over such
businesses should be transferred to the  commissioner.  [It  is  further
found  that  the present number of horse drawn cabs licensed in the city
preserved, unless the commissioner finds that  additional  licenses  are
§  12.  Subdivisions  1  and 3 of section 20-372 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 31  of  the
association  owning and operating a sight-seeing bus or buses, [or horse
drawn cab or cabs,] and shall include a purchaser under a reserve  title
contract,  conditional  sales  agreement  or  vendor's agreement and the
lessee of such vehicle or vehicles under  a  written  lease  or  similar
contract  provided such purchaser or lessee of sight-seeing bus or buses
shall be entitled to obtain in his or her name  a  license  or  licenses
therefor  from  the  commissioner  of motor vehicles of the state of New
3. "Inspection card" shall designate the card issued  by  the  commis-
sioner  for the sight-seeing bus licensed [or horse drawn cab licensed],
which card shall display the license number and capacity of  such  vehi-
§  13. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 20-372 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York are REPEALED and  subdivisions  9,  10
and 11 are renumbered subdivisions 5, 6 and 7.
§  14.  Subdivisions  a  and b of section 20-373 of the administrative
§ 15. Subdivisions c and d of section  20-373  of  the  administrative
§  16.  Subdivisions  a  and b of section 20-374 of the administrative
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§  17.  Subdivision  c of section 20-374 of the administrative code of
the city of New York is REPEALED and subdivisions d and e are relettered
subdivisions c and d.
§ 18. Section 20-375 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
§ 20-375 License plate. Upon  the  payment  of  the  license  fee  the
§ 19. Sections 20-377 and 20-377.1 of the administrative code  of  the
§  20.  Section  20-378  of the administrative code of the city of New
§ 20-378 Periodic inspection. The license department shall  cause  all
§  21.  Section  20-379  of the administrative code of the city of New
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§ 20-379 Form of inspection card. The commissioner shall prescribe  an
appropriate  form  of inspection card for sight-seeing buses [and horse-
drawn cabs] and the manner in which such card and the  sight-seeing  bus
driver's  [and  horse-drawn  cab driver's] identification cards shall be
§  22.  Sections  20-380, 20-381, 20-381.1, 20-381.2 and 20-382 of the
§ 23. Section 20-383 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
year 1994, the section number and the  section  heading  as  amended  by
local law number 41 of the city of New York for the year 2005 and subdi-
vision  a as amended by local law number 175 of the city of New York for
the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
§ 20-383 Suspensions and revocations.  [a.] After notice and  opportu-
ing bus license where the holder has failed to comply with  any  OF  THE
suspension or revocation shall include, but not be limited  to,  revoca-
tion  of  one  or  more  bus  stop authorizations by the commissioner of
transportation pursuant to section 19-175.6 of this code, three or  more
violations of paragraph 2 of subdivision [e] D of section 20-374 of this
subchapter  within  a  two  year period, installation of an engine which
does not meet the requirements of subdivision b  of  section  20-376  of
this  subchapter,  being  found  to  have  violated the requirements for
diesel fuel-powered sight-seeing buses contained in section 24-163.6  of
the administrative code, failure to submit a bus for inspection, instal-
lation  of  an  engine  not  covered by a certificate of conformity in a
vehicle which was  originally  manufactured  with  such  an  engine  and
installation  of an engine of any model year preceding the year of manu-
facture in a vehicle which was originally manufactured  with  an  engine
covered  by a certificate of conformity. The commissioner shall, as soon
as practicable, notify the commissioner of transportation of each sight-
seeing bus license that is suspended or revoked.
subchapter shall have his or her license suspended by  the  commissioner
for  a period of not less than three months. For purposes of this subdi-
vision, all violations written on any one day shall constitute a  single
c.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of subdivision b of this section,
d.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivisions b and c of this
section, any driver of a horse drawn cab found guilty of  one  violation
of  subdivision  d  of  section  20-381.1  of the code or sections three
hundred fifty-one, three hundred fifty-three, three  hundred  fifty-five
through  three  hundred sixty-two or three hundred sixty-nine of the New
York state agriculture and markets law or  who  is  found  guilty  of  a
violation  of  this  subchapter  while  his or her license is suspended,
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shall have his or her license revoked. A driver whose license  has  been
revoked  in  accordance  with  this  provision  may  not apply for a new
§  24.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day