§ 140. Safety requirements. 1. Every common, contract and private\ncarrier of passenger by motor vehicle involved in interstate,\nintrastate, or international commerce domiciled in New York shall\nfurnish and provide with respect thereto such service and facilities as\nshall be safe and adequate. Any such carrier shall give immediate notice\nto the commissioner of every accident to which it shall, in the course\nof its operations, have been a party.\n 2. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special,\nthe commissioner shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations\ngoverning the safety of operation of:\n (i) All motor vehicles transporting passengers to and from schools,\nfor hire, or owned and/or operated by school districts or any public or\nprivate school. For the purpose of this subdivision, "school" shall be\nas defined in subdivision twenty-six of section two of this chapter,\nexcept that it shall not include schools and community residences as\nsuch terms are defined in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law.\n (ii) All motor carriers, private motor carriers, employees and\ncommercial motor vehicles that transport property or passengers in\nintrastate, interstate, or international commerce.\n (iii) All buses operated pursuant to or requiring regulatory authority\nfrom any city that has adopted an ordinance, local law or charter to\nregulate or franchise bus line operations pursuant to section eighty of\nthis chapter.\n (iv) All van services or other common carriers of passengers by motor\nvehicle covered under article seven of this chapter, which van services\nor other such common carriers of passengers are operated pursuant to or\nrequiring regulatory authority from any city with a population of over\none million that has adopted an ordinance or local law pursuant to\nsubdivision five of section eighty of this chapter.\n (v) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, all motor\nvehicles transporting passengers under the age of twenty-one from\nschools and community residences, as such terms are defined in section\n1.03 of the mental hygiene law, to school programs approved by the state\neducation department.\n (vi) All double-decker vehicles designed to comfortably seat and carry\neight or more passengers and providing transportation for compensation\nwhen that transportation is performed as a sightseeing service conducted\npursuant to the jurisdiction or regulatory control of a city with a\npopulation of one million or more when such service is performed wholly\nwithin such city.\n b. The department shall have the power to examine vehicles, facilities\nand records subject to the provisions of this subdivision, at any time\nand place where they are found, to ascertain whether such rules and\nregulations are being obeyed. The rules and regulations of the\ncommissioner shall provide for the inspection of all such vehicles,\nfacilities and records subject to the provisions of this subdivision, at\nsuch periods and at such manner as the commissioner may direct, and,\nwhen adopted, shall have the full force and effect of law.\n c. In addition to the provisions of section one hundred forty-five of\nthis article:\n (i) No motor carrier, private motor carrier, employee or commercial\nmotor vehicle that transports property or passengers in intrastate,\ninterstate, or international commerce shall operate in this state unless\nsuch motor carrier, private motor carrier, employee or commercial motor\nvehicle is in compliance with the department's safety rules and\nregulations.\n (ii) Any person who operates, or any corporation, company,\nassociation, joint stock association, partnership, person or any officer\nor agent thereof, who shall require or permit any person to operate, a\nmotor vehicle in violation of the department's safety rules and\nregulations shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and all of the\nprovisions of the vehicle and traffic law, except as otherwise\nspecifically
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