Int. No. 799
By Council Members Quinn, Carrion, Eisland, Freed, Henry, Lopez, Marshall and Michels; also Council Members Harrison and Perkins
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that certain for-hire vehicles be equipped with 911 non-voice transmitters linked to a global positioning system.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as last amended by local law number 115 for the year 1993, is amended by adding thereto new subdivisions x and y to read as follows:
x. "911 non-voice transmitter" shall mean a mechanism which, when activated, silently transmits a signal to the police department's emergency assistance system.
- "Global positioning system" shall mean a satellite-based in-vehicle
navigation system capable of rapidly identifying a vehicle's position. Such system shall allow a base station to monitor the locations of its vehicles and shall allow members of the police department, in conjunction with base station operators, to readily identify the location of a vehicle whose driver has activated the 911 non-voice transmitter.
§2. Subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as last amended by local law number 115 for the year 1993, is amended by adding thereto a new paragraph three to read as follows:
3. No renewal of a license for a for-hire vehicle, other than a black car or a luxury limousine, shall be issued unless such vehicle is equipped with a driver-accessible 911 non-voice transmitter linked to a global positioning system approved by the commission.
§3. Section 19-508 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as last amended by local law number 86 for the year 1989, is amended by adding thereto a new subdivision c to read as follows:
c. No vehicle may be operated as a for-hire vehicle, other than as a black car or luxury limousine, unless such vehicle is equipped with a driver-accessible 911 non-voice transmitter linked to a global positioning system approved by the commission.
§4. Subdivision d of section 19-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 51 for the year 1996, is amended by adding thereto a new paragraph five to read as follows:
5. No base station license shall be renewed where it has been determined three or more times within any twelve-month period that a for-hire vehicle affiliated with the licensee has been operated in violation of subdivision c of section 19-508 of this chapter.
§5. This local law shall take effect thirty days after it is enacted into law.