§ 498. Interjurisdictional pre-arranged for-hire vehicle operation. 1.\nDefinitions: When used in this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n a. "Driver's license" shall mean a license issued by the department\npursuant to article nineteen of this chapter or by a similar regulatory\nagency of another state.\n b. "Licensing jurisdiction" shall mean a city with a population of one\nmillion or more, or a county within New York state contiguous to such\ncity, the county of Suffolk, the county of Rockland or the county of\nDutchess or the county of Ulster, that requires the issuance of a\nlicense, permit, registration, certification or other approval for a\nvehicle to perform the pre-arranged pick up or drop off of one or more\npassengers in such jurisdiction for compensation.\n c. "Pre-arranged for-hire vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle, other\nthan a bus, that is used in the business of transporting passengers for\ncompensation on a pre-arranged basis, and operated in such business\nunder a license or permit issued by a licensing jurisdiction. The term\n"pre-arranged for-hire vehicle" shall apply to vehicles as defined\nherein regardless of any other provision of local law or rule defining\nor describing such vehicles by any other terms such as livery, black\ncar, or luxury limousine.\n d. "Pre-arranged for-hire vehicle license" shall mean a license,\npermit, registration, certification or other approval issued by a\nlicensing jurisdiction to the owner of a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle\nfor the purpose of providing pre-arranged transportation for\ncompensation.\n e. "Pre-arranged for-hire vehicle driver's license" shall mean a\nlicense, permit or other approval to operate a pre-arranged for-hire\nvehicle issued by a licensing jurisdiction.\n f. "Serious criminal offense" shall mean a conviction of (i) a felony\ninvolving the use of a motor vehicle except a felony as described in\nsubparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; (ii) a felony involving\nmanufacturing, distributing or dispensing a drug as defined in section\none hundred fourteen-a of this chapter or possession of any such drug\nwith intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense such drug in which a\nmotor vehicle was used; (iii) a violation of subdivision one or two of\nsection six hundred of this chapter; (iv) operating a pre-arranged\nfor-hire vehicle when, as a result of prior violations committed while\noperating a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, the driver's license is\nrevoked, suspended, or canceled; (v) causing a fatality through the\nnegligent operation of a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, including but\nnot limited to the crimes of vehicular manslaughter or criminally\nnegligent homicide; (vi) homicide; and (vii) a felony for assault,\nsexual offenses, kidnapping, or burglary.\n 2. Reciprocity. a. A pre-arranged for-hire vehicle that is licensed to\nprovide pre-arranged transportation for compensation by a licensing\njurisdiction meeting the standards and requirements set forth in\nsubdivisions three, four and six of this section shall be authorized to\npick up passengers in such jurisdiction for drop off within the same\njurisdiction, to pick up passengers in another licensing jurisdiction\nfor drop off within the licensing jurisdiction licensing such\npre-arranged for-hire vehicle, to drop off passengers in another\nlicensing jurisdiction who were picked up within the licensing\njurisdiction licensing such pre-arranged for-hire vehicle, and to\ntransit other licensing jurisdictions. No other licensing jurisdiction\nmay require a pre-arranged for-hire vehicle providing pre-arranged\ntransportation for compensation, which is licensed by a licensing\njurisdiction meeting the standards and requirements set forth in\nsubdivisions three, four and six of this section, to also be licensed by\nsuch other licensing jurisdiction or to pay any pre-arranged for-hire\nvehicle license fee in order to be allowed to pick up or drop off\npassenger
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