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                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. DILAN, DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring  safety
         reports  to  potential customers of contract carriers of passengers by
         motor vehicle
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 140 of the transportation law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. NO CONTRACT CARRIER OF PASSENGERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED  BY
    4  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION  TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL ENTER INTO A
    5  CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ANY CUSTOMER  WITHOUT  FIRST  PROVIDING
    6  THAT CUSTOMER WITH:
    7    A.  A  COPY,  IN  WRITING, OF THE CONTRACT CARRIER'S THREE MOST RECENT
    8  FEDERAL SAFETY STATUS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (SAFESTAT) SCORES; AND
    9    B. AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SCORE IS CALCULATED AND  WHAT  THE  SCORE
   10  MEANS.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03016-01-1