S 617: Prohibits the New York state safety inspection of vehicles used for a for-hire service if such vehicles have out-of-state license plates.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 617 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring that all for-hire vehicles have New York state license plates in order to receive a New York state inspection The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law is amended to read as follows: 3 (b) (1) The commissioner shall also require the inspection of any 4 motor vehicle duly registered under the laws of another state, a prov- 5 ince of Canada, a territory or a federal district to the extent to which 6 such state, province, territory or federal district requires the 7 inspection of motor vehicles duly registered under the laws of this 8 state; provided, however, that a motor vehicle used to carry passengers 9 for hire in for-hire vans and buses greater than nine passengers capaci- 10 ty have New York state issued license plates to receive a New York State 11 DOT inspection a for-hire vehicle service under an authorization issued 12 by a municipality shall not be inspected in accordance with the 13 provisions of this section unless such motor vehicle used to carry 14 passengers for hire in a for-hire vehicle is duly registered under the 15 laws of this state. 16 (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the following terms shall have 17 the following meanings: 18 (A) "for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle carrying passengers 19 for hire in the city, with a seating capacity of twenty-four passengers 20 or less, not including the driver; and 21 (B) "seating capacity" shall include any plain view location which is 22 capable of accommodating a normal adult as part of an overall seat 23 configuration and design and is likely to be used as a seating position 24 while the vehicle is in motion. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02482-01-5