Int 0359-2003

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 19-507 of chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: b. 1. Any driver who has been found to have violated a provision of paragraph one, two[,] or three [or four] of subdivision a of this section, or any combination thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than three hundred fifty dollars for the first offense. Any driver who has been found in violation of any of the provisions of such paragraphs, or any combination thereof, for a second time within a twenty-four month period shall be fined not less than three hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and the commission may suspend the driver's license of such driver for a period not to exceed thirty days. The commission shall revoke the driver's license of any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of paragraph one, two[,] or three [or four] of such subdivision, or any combination thereof, three times within a thirty-six month period. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivision, the commission shall revoke the driver's license of any person found to have violated paragraph three of subdivision a of this section by charging or attempting to charge a fare of ten dollars or more above the approved rate of fare for taxicabs. 3. Any driver who has been found to have violated a provision of paragraph four of subdivision a of this section shall be fined not less than three hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for a first offense. Any driver who has been found in violation of any of the provisions of such paragraph for a second time within a twenty-four month period shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars, and the commission shall suspend the driver's license of such driver for a period not to exceed thirty days. The commission shall revoke the driver's license of any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of paragraph four of subdivision a of this section three times within a thirty-six month period. Any fine imposed upon a driver pursuant to this section shall also be imposed, as a separate fine, upon the base station from which such driver was dispatched at the time of the violation. �2. This local law shall take effect immediately after it is enacted into law. 2 MBS-1-22-03 LS#1748