Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes cities with populations of at least 1 million people establish a permit system for intercity passenger bus services.

Highlights:

• Authorizes cities with populations of 1 million people or more to pass laws or ordinances that do the following (Sec. 1):
• Establish a permit system for the loading or unloading of passengers on city streets by intercity passenger bus services;
• Specify a city agency to issue permits and designate locations for the loading and unloading of passengers;
• Charge an annual permit fee of up to $275 per vehicle; and
• Issue fines of up to $1,000 for a first permit violation, or up to $2,500 for subsequent violations.

• Exempts the following methods of transportation from the permit requirements of the bill (Sec. 1):
• Any non-transportation commercial or not-for-profit enterprise in which the transportation is not open to the public;
• Buses going to and from school-related activities;
• Buses driven on an occasional or casual basis by persons not engaged in transportation as a regular occupation or business;
• Ambulances under the jurisdiction of the of the New York Department of Health;
• Carriers operating under a contact with an employer to provide transportation exclusively for its employees; and
• Buses operated wholly within a city's boundaries.

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