§ 392-F — Taximeters

§ 392-f Taximeters. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "Person" shall include a person, firm, partnership, association or\ncorporation.\n (b) "Sell" shall include offer to sell, expose for sale, and possess\nwith intent to dispose of or to sell.\n (c) "Taximeter" shall include any device which, when affixed to a\nmotor vehicle, is so constructed as to operate as a fare indicator and a\ntime and distance register for the purpose of automatically determining\nthe charge for which a passenger becomes liable.\n (d) "Remove" shall include deface, alter, conceal and obliterate.\n 2. (a) No manufacturer shall offer for sale any taximeter which does\nnot have etched, stamped or permanently impressed thereon a serial\nnumber which has been assigned to it by the manufacturer.\n (b) Any manufacturer who sells taximeters within the state shall keep\na record of the transaction. The record shall indicate (i) the serial\nnumber of the taximeter sold, (ii) the name and address of the vendee,\n(iii) the date of the sale and (iv) the purchase price.\n 3. A person being the owner or lawful custodian of a taximeter, the\noriginal identification number of which shall have been removed or which\nnever bore a serial number, may apply to the county or municipal\nauthority charged with the obligation of regulating the taxicab industry\nwithin its jurisdiction, if any, for permission to make or stamp, or\ncause to be made or stamped on such taximeter a serial number. If\nsatisfied that the person making application for such permission is the\ntrue owner of the taximeter and that its original number was not so\nremoved at the instigation of the person making such application, or, if\ndone by such person, was not done for an unlawful purpose, the county or\nmunicipal authority shall issue to the applicant written permission to\nstamp on the taximeter a special identification number designated by it.\n 4. Any person who wholly or in part removes or who shall cause to be,\nwholly or in part, removed from or upon a taximeter the serial number;\nor who sells or causes to be sold a taximeter from or upon which to his\nor its knowledge, or to the knowledge of his or its agents, servants or\nemployees there has been in whole or in part, removed or concealed the\nserial number, or who sells or causes to be sold a taximeter from the\ninspection of which such knowledge could have been obtained, shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n 5. The sale of a taximeter from which there has been in whole or in\npart removed or concealed a mark of origin shall be presumptive evidence\nof the violation of this section.\n