The New York City Council - File #: Int 0725-2018

• File #: Int 0725-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Limiting the number of sightseeing bus licenses.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 3/22/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 3/22/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting the number of sightseeing bus licenses
• Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Carlos Menchaca, Karen Koslowitz, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/24/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
4/24/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Laid Over by Committee
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 725

By Council Members Chin, Menchaca and Koslowitz (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting the number of sightseeing bus licenses
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 20-375 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
? 20-375. License plate.
a. Upon the payment of the license fee the commissioner shall issue a license to the owner of the sightseeing bus or horse drawn cab together with a license plate to be securely affixed to a conspicuous and indispensable part of such sightseeing bus or securely and conspicuously affixed to the rear axle of such horse drawn cab, on which shall be clearly set forth the license number of such sightseeing bus or horse drawn cab. The license plate issued to the licensee may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be a plate of a permanent nature with a replaceable date tag attached thereto, indicating the expiration date of the plate during each license year and the issuance of such a plate with such date tag to a person possessing such a plate, shall be deemed issuance of a license plate. Such license plate and the replaceable date tag to be issued from year to year to be attached thereto, shall be of such material, form, design and dimension and set forth such distinguishing number or other identification marks as the commissioner shall prescribe. The commissioner upon renewal of the license hereunder, may continue the use of the license plate for as many additional license years as he or she in his or her discretion may determine, in which event he or she shall issue and deliver to the licensee a replaceable date tag as evidence of renewal of the license, which shall be attached or affixed in such manner as he or she may prescribe by rule. The failure to affix or display such date tag in a manner prescribed ...