The bill would allow the Department of Sanitation to purchase light- and medium-duty vehicles that can be used in response to a snowfall or other emergency that do not meet certain low-emission ratings.
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Int. No. 591
By Council Members Matteo, Rose, Vacca, Deutsch, Greenfield, Koo, Vallone, Ulrich, Eugene, Gentile, Koslowitz, Mendez and Williams
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing the department of sanitation to purchase appropriate vehicles to utilize during a snowfall
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 11 of subdivision a of section 24-163.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 38 for the year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(11) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle operated or driven upon a public highway which is propelled by any power other than muscular power, except electrically-driven mobility assistance devices operated or driven by a person with a disability, provided, however, that this term shall not include vehicles that are specially equipped for emergency response by the department, office of emergency management, sheriff's office of the department of finance, police department, fire department or department of correction, or vehicles for the department of sanitation that can be used in response to snowfall or other emergencies.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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