Int 0271-2004
Sight-seeing buses that offer tour narratin to provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2004-03-10
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2004-03-10Passed: 2005-12-31
Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs
How it compares
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15 passed · 35 died
This bill: 660 days in committee
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2004-03-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2004-03-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2004-09-29 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2004-09-29 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2005-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2004-03-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (2)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 21 of chapter 2 of Title 20 of the New York city administrative code is hereby amended by adding new section 376.1 to read as follows:
20-376.1 Tour narration on sight-seeing buses. Any sight-seeing bus licensed pursuant to this subchapter that offers tour narration shall provide such narration from a live sight-seeing guide licensed pursuant to subchapter 8 of this title. Tour narration shall not be provided on a video tape, audio tape, compact disc, or through any other digital, electronic, computerized or similar means.
§2. This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment.
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