2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses › Article 19-A - Special Requirements for Bus Drivers › 509-M - Duties of the Department.

§ 509-m. Duties  of  the  department. The department of motor vehicles
  shall:
1. At least once every three years, review the  bus  driver  files  of
  each  motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner may review
  such bus driver files at his discretion at any other time during regular
  business hours. Provided, however, that the commissioner shall review at
  least annually the bus driver files of each driver employed by  a  motor
  carrier  who operates an altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a
  "stretch limousine" designed to carry nine or more passengers  including
  the driver pursuant to operating authority issued by the commissioner of
  transportation,  and  annually  verify  whether each such driver holds a
  valid driver's license valid for the operation  of  such  altered  motor
  vehicle.
2.  Establish  regulations and forms for the orderly administration of
  and compliance with this article. Regulations shall also be  established
  which  are  necessary  for  implementation  of  the  process  for appeal
  pursuant to subdivision two of  section  five  hundred  nine-d  of  this
  article.
3.  Provide each motor carrier with notice whenever one of the drivers
  of such motor  carrier  has  received  revocation  or  suspension  of  a
  driver's license, learner's permit or privilege to operate.
4.  Provide  a motor carrier who has complied with the requirements of
  subdivision four of section five hundred nine-i  of  this  article  with
  information  on any employee of the motor carrier regarding a conviction
  for a violation of this chapter.
5. Upon receipt of the criminal history record report of a school  bus
  driver,  notify the motor carrier of disqualification of an applicant or
  school bus driver which would or could disqualify such driver under  the
  provisions of section five hundred nine-cc of this article. Notification
  to  the  carrier  shall  be  without  specification  of  the grounds for
  disqualification, those grounds to be made available only to the  school
  bus driver or his or her representative.
6.  In  order  to effectuate the provisions of this article, establish
  procedures, by regulation,  to  conduct  curbside  verification  of  bus
  driver and motor carrier identity to determine whether or not such motor
  carrier  has notified the commissioner of the bus driver's employment as
  required by subdivision four of section  five  hundred  nine-d  of  this
  article  and  whether  or  not  such motor carrier has compiled with the
  provisions  of  this  article  and  with  any  regulations   promulgated
  thereunder;  provided, however, such verifications shall be conducted so
  as not to disrupt the flow of traffic or endanger public safety.
7. The commissioner shall  prepare  and  distribute  a  form  for  the
  provision  of  objective  data  concerning  the driving history of a bus
  driver who is subject to regulation under this article. Such form  shall
  be completed by current or former employers of such bus drivers upon the
  request of a prospective or subsequent employer.
8.  Maintain  and  annually  update its website to provide information
  with regard to each motor carrier that operates altered  motor  vehicles
  commonly  referred  to as "stretch limousines" designed to carry nine or
  more passengers including the driver  pursuant  to  operating  authority
  issued  by  the  commissioner  of transportation that includes the motor
  carrier's name, location and region  of  operation  including  place  of
  address,  whether  such motor carrier is in compliance with this article
  as required by section five hundred nine-j of this article  in  relation
  to  the  operation of such altered motor vehicles, the number and nature
  of violations of this article resulting in  convictions  of  such  motor
  carrier in relation to the operation of such altered motor vehicles, the
  number of miles traveled by such altered motor vehicles operated by such

  motor  carrier  in  the  preceding  twelve  months, and, with respect to
  drivers employed by such motor  carrier  operating  such  altered  motor
  vehicles,  the  total  number  so  employed,  the  number  holding valid
  licenses  which  are  valid  for  the  operation  of  such altered motor
  vehicles, the number which lack licenses valid for such  operation,  the
  number  disqualified  from  operating  such  altered motor vehicles, the
  number of convictions and accidents involving any such  driver  employed
  by such motor carrier during the preceding twelve months, and the number
  of convictions and accidents per ten thousand miles traveled.
* 9.  In  coordination with the commissioner of transportation and the
  superintendent of state police, establish and regularly update the  form
  and  content  of  a  pre-trip  safety  briefing  for motor carriers that
  operate  altered  motor  vehicles  commonly  referred  to  as   "stretch
  limousines",  designed  to  carry  nine or more passengers including the
  driver pursuant to operating authority issued  by  the  commissioner  of
  transportation,  which  motor carriers shall provide to passengers prior
  to transporting such passengers for hire in such stretch limousines.
* NB Effective April 20, 2025