§ 58-50 Accessible Vehicle Conversion.
RCNY § 58-50
(a)Reserved.
(b)Reserved.
(c)Reserved.
(d)Reserved.
(e)Conversion through Scheduled Retirement: A Taxicab Medallion required to be placed into service with an Accessible Vehicle under this Section must continuously be Hacked-up with an Accessible Vehicle for a minimum of four years.
(f)Any Owner of a Taxicab Medallion placed into service with an Accessible Taxicab pursuant to this section must comply with all requirements of 35 RCNY Chapter 53.
(g)The TLC will review the Taxicab Improvement Fund annually, by no later than the end of April, beginning in 2017, to assess the adequacy of the Fund, the uses of the Fund, and the surcharge funding the Fund receives, and will produce a report annually with the result of its assessment and recommendations and analysis. Such recommendations and analysis shall include but not be limited to the following: (i) whether the current surcharge should be lowered, raised or kept the same; (ii) a review of possible alternate sources of funding for the Fund other than the surcharge; and (iii) the costs incurred by Owners and Drivers that are required to purchase and operate Accessible Vehicles as opposed to those Owners and Drivers who are not so required. Such report shall be submitted to the Speaker of the NYC Council and posted on TLC's website upon completion of the report.
(h)[Reserved.] (i) Taxi Improvement Fund Allocations. Owners of Medallions who are seeking to place an accessible Taxicab into service who have submitted all required forms and documentation as specified by the Chairperson will receive allocations from the Taxi Improvement Fund as follows: (1) Owners of Medallions who have placed an Accessible Taxicab into service will receive: (i) Hack-up Payment. A one-time subsidy payment of at least $20,000, determined by the Commission and posted on the Commission's website. Such payment will be the same for all eligible Medallion Owners. Such a payment will be allocated to a Medallion only if the Accessible Vehicle operating on such Medallion has not previously received such a payment. This determination will be based on the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the Accessible Vehicle.
(ii)Accessible Vehicle Operational Payments.
(2)Drivers of Accessible Taxicabs will receive periodically, a trip payment of $10 for each Passenger trip initiated by a passenger that requested accessible service by contacting a call center run by an approved E-Hail Application Provider and completed while driving an Accessible Taxicab.
(j)Terms of Taxi Improvement Fund Grants.
(1)Medallion Owner Application.
(i)A Medallion Owner must file an application for a grant in the form and manner specified by the Chairperson and must provide all documentation required by the Commission. The Medallion Owner is subject to all requirements of this Chapter regarding representations and information provided to the Chairperson. a. The application for the grant must be submitted within six months of the date on which the Accessible Vehicle is Hacked-up.
(3)Causes For Denial. The Chairperson may deny a Taxi Improvement Fund application submitted by an Owner who fails to meet the requirements of these rules. The Commission will inform the Owner, in writing, of the specific reason(s) for this denial. In addition to other reasons set forth in this subchapter, the Chairperson may deny an application for funding if any of the following occurs: (i) The Medallion Owner has failed to submit all of the required documentation within 30 days of the initial submission of the Taxi Improvement Fund application.
(iii)There are material misrepresentations or material errors of omission in the Taxi Improvement Fund application or accompanying documentation.
(iv)The Owner attempts to conceal the identity of a party having an interest in the ownership of the Medallion.
(4)Additional Consideration of an Application for a Taxi Improvement Fund Grant. If a review of the application leads the Chairperson to believe that the Owner-Applicant may not be qualified to receive a Taxi Improvement Fund grant, the Chairperson may seek additional information from the Owner-Applicant. This request for additional information may be an in-person interview, telephone call, letter, e-mail, or other method of communication. This additional consideration may result in the denial of the application. Failure to provide any requested information within the time frame requested, or failure to appear at a scheduled interview will result in denial of the application of the Taxi Improvement Fund grant.
(5)Service Requirements.
