§ 151 — Exemptions

§ 151. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to\nany transportation for compensation in sedans, as such term is defined\nherein at the end of this section, or station wagons or to any\ntransportation for compensation that is provided in vehicles larger than\nsedans or station wagons when that transportation is performed:\n 1. Incidental to or in furtherance of any non-transportation\ncommercial or not-for-profit enterprise of the provider of the\ntransportation when such transportation is not open to the general\npublic;\n 2. To and from schools and school-related activities;\n 3. In non-profit car pools;\n 4. On an occasional, casual or reciprocal basis by persons not engaged\nin transportation as a regular occupation or business;\n 5. As a sightseeing service conducted pursuant to the jurisdiction or\nregulatory control of a city, village or town when such service is\noperated wholly within the county in which the city, town or village is\nlocated or when such service is operated wholly within a city with a\npopulation of one million or more;\n 6. In ambulances that are under the jurisdiction of the New York state\ndepartment of health;\n 7. By transportation authorities when the transportation performed is\nwholly within the transportation district prescribed by the public\nauthorities law for such transportation authority;\n 8. By transportation systems that are wholly owned by a municipality\nwhen the transportation performed is wholly within such municipality's\nboundaries;\n 9. By bus lines operating wholly within any city having regulatory\ncontrol or jurisdiction over bus line operations pursuant to subdivision\nfour of section eighty of this chapter; and\n 10. By carriers operating under a contract with an employer to provide\ntransportation for the exclusive use of employees.\n 11. As a taxi or livery service, except for transportation services\nthat are designed for the transportation of transportation-disabled\npersons, conducted in vehicles having a seating capacity of less than\nfifteen passengers pursuant to the jurisdiction or regulatory control of\na municipality, other than a city with a population over one million,\nauthorized to adopt an ordinance relating to both registration and\nlicensing pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred eighty-one\nof the general municipal law, when service is conducted wholly within\nsuch municipality and when such service is available to the general\npublic on a prearranged or demand-response basis over a non-specified or\nirregular route with the point or points of pick-up and discharge\ndetermined by the passenger, but such taxi or livery service shall not\ninclude van service. For the purpose of this subdivision, the term\n"livery service" shall include the term "limousines" as used in\nsubdivision one of section one hundred eighty-one of the general\nmunicipal law. Provided, however, that altered motor vehicles commonly\nreferred to as "stretch limousines" having a seating capacity of nine or\nmore passengers including the driver shall be subject to the provisions\nof section one hundred forty of this chapter.\n 12. As a taxi or livery service conducted in vehicles having a seating\ncapacity of twenty passengers or less pursuant to the jurisdiction or\nregulatory control of a city with a population over one million, when\nsuch service is conducted wholly within such a city; provided, however,\nthat vehicles having a seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers\nand altered motor vehicles commonly referred to as "stretch limousines"\nhaving a seating capacity of nine or more passengers including the\ndriver shall be subject to the provisions of section one hundred forty\nof this chapter.\n For the purposes of this article, the term "sedan" or "sedans" as used\nherein shall include private passenger automobiles, but shall not\ninclude commercial motor vehicles with a seating capacity of eleven\npersons or more including the driver.\n