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§ 59B-51 Special Requirements for Street Hail Liveries – Taximeters.
   (a)   Taximeter.
      (1)   A Street Hail Livery Base Owner must not dispatch a Street Hail Livery unless it is equipped with a Taximeter as required in 35 RCNY § 82-38 and the specifications set forth in 35 RCNY § 82-54.
      (2)   A Street Hail Livery Base Owner must not tamper with, alter, repair or attempt to repair any of the following:
         (i)   A Taximeter
         (ii)   Any Seal affixed to the taximeter by a licensed Taximeter repair shop or other authorized facility.
         (iii)   The Technology System
         (iv)   Any cable mechanism or electrical wiring of a Taximeter or Technology System
      (3)   A Street Hail Livery Base Owner must not make any change in a vehicle's mechanism or its tires that would affect the operation of the Taximeter or of the Technology System.
 
35 RCNY § 59B-51(a)
Fine: $250 - $1,500 and/or suspension up to 30 days
Appearance REQUIRED
 
(Amended City Record 8/19/2019, eff. 9/18/2019)
§ 59B-52 Special Requirements for Street Hail Liveries – Technology System.
   (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 compliance
Appearance 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 compliance
Appearance 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 compliance
Appearance 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: $250
Appearance NOT REQUIRED
 
(Amended City Record 8/19/2019, eff. 9/18/2019)
Subchapter 59C: For-Hire Vehicle Specifications
§ 59C-01 In-Vehicle Camera System ("IVCS"). [Repealed]
(Repealed City Record 9/22/2023, eff. 10/22/2023)
§ 59C-02 Partitions – Livery Vehicles Only. [Repealed]
(Amended City Record 9/22/2016, eff. 10/22/2016; repealed City Record 9/22/2023, eff. 10/22/2023)
§ 59C-03 Distress Signal Lights – Livery Vehicles Only.
   (a)   Requirement. An owner must equip all For-Hire Vehicles with a help or distress signaling light system consisting of two turn signal type "lollipop" lights.
   (b)   Technical Specifications.
      (1)   One light must be mounted on the front center of the vehicle, either on top of the bumper or forward or behind the grill. A second light must be mounted on top of the rear bumper, to the left of the license plate.
      (2)   Each light must be three to four inches in diameter, have a total rated output of 32 candle power, and be amber-colored or have an amber-colored lens so that the light output of the device is the color amber at 32 candle power.
      (3)   The activator must be installed within easy reach of the driver, must be silent when operating, and must be fully solid-state.
      (4)   The lights must be able to flash between 60 and 120 times per minute.
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