509-U – Commercial Driver Qualification Files.
§ 509-u. Commercial driver qualification files. Each commercial motor carrier shall maintain a commercial driver qualification file for each commercial driver it employs in accordance with rules and regulations of the commissioner of transportation; provided, however, that such a file need not include a medical examiner certificate of a commercial driver’s physical qualification to drive […]
509-V – Investigation of Motor Carrier Files.
§ 509-v. Investigation of motor carrier files. The commissioner and the commissioner of transportation shall have the authority to examine or investigate the operation of commercial motor carriers and their compliance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article and article six of the transportation law.
509-W – Penalties.
§ 509-w. Penalties. Upon conviction for a violation of any provision of this article or the rules and regulations of the commissioner of transportation promulgated pursuant thereto, the court shall impose a sentence consisting of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
509-D – Qualification Procedures for Bus Drivers, Maintenance of Files and Availability to Subsequent Employers.
§ 509-d. Qualification procedures for bus drivers, maintenance of files and availability to subsequent employers. (1) Before employing a new bus driver a motor carrier shall: (i) require such person to pass a medical examination to drive a bus as provided in section five hundred nine-g of this article; (ii) obtain a driving record from […]
509-E – Annual Review of Driving Record.
§ 509-e. Annual review of driving record. Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, review the driving record of each bus driver it employs to determine whether that driver meets minimum requirements for safe driving and is qualified to drive a bus pursuant to section five hundred nine-b of this article. In […]
509-F – Record of Violations.
§ 509-f. Record of violations. Each motor carrier shall, at least once every twelve months, require each bus driver it employs to prepare and furnish it with a list of all violations of motor vehicle traffic laws and ordinances (other than violations involving only parking) of which the driver has been convicted or on account […]
509-G – Examinations and Tests.
§ 509-g. Examinations and tests. Each motor carrier shall require the following from each driver it employs: 1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established by the commissioner, by a physician, a certified nurse practitioner to the extent authorized by law and consistent with subdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of the […]
509-H – Operation by Person Not Licensed to Drive a Bus.
§ 509-h. Operation by person not licensed to drive a bus. The motor carrier shall not knowingly permit any person to operate a bus carrying passengers unless the driver meets all of the requirements of this article; except that a motor carrier may permit a conditional school bus driver who is not otherwise disqualified under […]
509-I – Notification of a Conviction Resulting From a Violation of This Chapter in This State or a Motor Vehicle Conviction in Another State and License Revoc
§ 509-i. Notification of a conviction resulting from a violation of this chapter in this state or a motor vehicle conviction in another state and license revocation. 1. A driver who receives a notice that his or her license, permit or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended or withdrawn or who […]
509-J – Compliance Required.
§ 509-j. Compliance required. (a) Every motor carrier, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees responsible for the management, maintenance, operation or driving of motor vehicles, or the hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers, shall be instructed in and comply with this article. (b) Nothing contained herein shall prevent a motor carrier or political […]