Assembly Bill A2431

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2431 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §60.07, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11704
2011-2012: A207
2013-2014: A3481

2015-A2431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "taxi driver protection act"; requires a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states "ATTENTION: Assaulting A Taxi Driver Is Punishable By Up To Twenty-Five Years In Prison".

2015-A2431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2431

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KIM, BRAUNSTEIN, MOSLEY, MILLER, JAFFEE, BENEDET-
  TO,  COLTON,  SCHIMEL, BRONSON, WEPRIN, DenDEKKER, TITUS, SEPULVEDA --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, COOK, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, McDO-
  NALD, NOLAN, ROBINSON, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of assault of an
  operator of a for-hire vehicle

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxi driv-
er protection act".
  S  2. Section 60.07 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 3 to read as follows:
  3. EVERY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SHALL POST A SIGN ON THE  INTERIOR  OF  SUCH
VEHICLE  STATING  IN  NOT LESS THAN SIXTEEN POINT PRINT THAT "ATTENTION:
ASSAULTING A TAXI DRIVER IS PUNISHABLE BY UP  TO  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS  IN
PRISON"  PROVIDED,  THAT OPERATORS OF LIVERY OR BLACK CAR VEHICLES SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO POST SUCH A SIGN WHILE  PROVID-
ING FOR-HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00398-01-5

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