NY Transp L § 151 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 7 - Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicles 151 - Exemptions.

§ 151. Exemptions.  The  provisions of this article shall not apply to   any transportation for compensation in sedans, as such term  is  defined   herein  at  the  end  of  this  section,  or  station  wagons  or to any   transportation for compensation that is provided in vehicles larger than   sedans or station wagons when that transportation is performed:1.  Incidental  to  or  in  furtherance  of   any   non-transportation   commercial   or   not-for-profit  enterprise  of  the  provider  of  the   transportation when such transportation  is  not  open  to  the  general   public;2. To and from schools and school-related activities;3. In non-profit car pools;4. On an occasional, casual or reciprocal basis by persons not engaged   in transportation as a regular occupation or business;5.  As a sightseeing service conducted pursuant to the jurisdiction or   regulatory control of a city, village  or  town  when  such  service  is   operated  wholly within the county in which the city, town or village is   located or when such service is operated wholly within  a  city  with  a   population of one million or more;6. In ambulances that are under the jurisdiction of the New York state   department of health;7.  By transportation authorities when the transportation performed is   wholly within the  transportation  district  prescribed  by  the  public   authorities law for such transportation authority;8.  By  transportation systems that are wholly owned by a municipality   when the transportation performed is wholly within  such  municipality's   boundaries;9.  By  bus  lines  operating wholly within any city having regulatory   control or jurisdiction over bus line operations pursuant to subdivision   four of section eighty of this chapter; and10. By carriers operating under a contract with an employer to provide   transportation for the exclusive use of employees.11. As a taxi or livery service, except  for  transportation  services   that  are  designed  for  the  transportation of transportation-disabled   persons, conducted in vehicles having a seating capacity  of  less  than   fifteen passengers pursuant to the jurisdiction or regulatory control of   a  municipality,  other  than a city with a population over one million,   authorized to adopt an  ordinance  relating  to  both  registration  and   licensing  pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred eighty-one   of the general municipal law, when service is  conducted  wholly  within   such  municipality  and  when  such  service is available to the general   public on a prearranged or demand-response basis over a non-specified or   irregular route with the  point  or  points  of  pick-up  and  discharge   determined  by  the passenger, but such taxi or livery service shall not   include van service. For the  purpose  of  this  subdivision,  the  term   "livery  service"  shall  include  the  term  "limousines"  as  used  in   subdivision one  of  section  one  hundred  eighty-one  of  the  general   municipal  law.  Provided, however, that altered motor vehicles commonly   referred to as "stretch limousines" having a seating capacity of nine or   more passengers including the driver shall be subject to the  provisions   of section one hundred forty of this chapter.12. As a taxi or livery service conducted in vehicles having a seating   capacity  of  twenty  passengers or less pursuant to the jurisdiction or   regulatory control of a city with a population over  one  million,  when   such  service is conducted wholly within such a city; provided, however,   that vehicles having a seating capacity of fifteen  or  more  passengers   and  altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines"   having a seating capacity of  nine  or  more  passengers  including  the    driver  shall  be subject to the provisions of section one hundred forty   of this chapter.For the purposes of this article, the term "sedan" or "sedans" as used   herein  shall  include  private  passenger  automobiles,  but  shall not   include commercial motor vehicles with  a  seating  capacity  of  eleven   persons or more including the driver.