NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 59 — Special Requirements for Street Hail Liveries - Technology System.

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(a) Equip Street Hail Liveries with Technology System. A Street Hail Livery Base must ensure that each of its Street Hail Liveries is equipped with the Technology System.

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Effective: 9/18/2019Last amended: 9/18/2019

§ 59B-52 Special Requirements for Street Hail Liveries – Technology System.

RCNY § 59

(a)Equip Street Hail Liveries with Technology System. A Street Hail Livery Base must ensure that each of its Street Hail Liveries is equipped with the Technology System. The Technology System must comply with the specifications established in 35 RCNY Chapter 83. 35 RCNY § 59B-52(a)Fine: $1,000 and suspension until complianceAppearance REQUIRED (b) Good Working Order. The Technology System equipment must be in good working order. 35 RCNY § 59B-52(c)Fine: $250 and suspension until complianceAppearance REQUIRED (c) Malfunction or Failure to Operate.

(1)If the Technology System malfunctions or fails to operate, the Street Hail Livery Base must file an incident report with the authorized provider within two hours following the discovery of the malfunction or as soon as the Street Hail Livery Base reasonably should have known of such malfunction.

(2)If the Driver or Street Hail Livery Licensee previously filed an incident report, the Street Hail Livery Base will not be required to file a separate incident report. The Street Hail Livery Base must verify that the report has been filed by obtaining the incident report number from the Driver, Street Hail Livery Licensee or Technology System Provider.

(3)The Street Hail Livery Licensee or the Street Hail Livery Base must meet the appointment for repair scheduled by the Technology System Provider following the incident report. 35 RCNY § 59B-52(c)(1)-(3)Fine: $250 and suspension until complianceAppearance REQUIRED (d) Inspection upon Multiple Technology System Malfunctions. For any Street Hail Livery requiring six or more repairs of the vehicle's Technology System in any 30-day period, the Street Hail Livery Base with which such vehicle is affiliated must promptly take that vehicle for inspection or schedule an inspection with the Commission's Safety and Emissions Facility. This requirement will not apply to the Street Hail Livery Base if compliance is made by the Street Hail Livery Licensee or Driver of the vehicle. 35 RCNY § 59B-52(d)Fine: $250Appearance NOT REQUIRED (Amended City Record 8/19/2019, eff. 9/18/2019)

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