§ 1700. Controlling authority.
1.Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the regulation of TNCs and TNC drivers is governed exclusively\nby the provisions of the chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen\nwhich added this section and any rules promulgated by the state through\nits agencies consistent with such chapter. No county, town, city or\nvillage may enact a tax or any fee or other surcharge on a TNC, a TNC\ndriver, or a TNC vehicle used by a TNC driver or require a license,\npermit, or additional insurance coverage or any other limitations or\nrestrictions, except for a prohibition on pick-up pursuant to section\none hundred eighty-two of the general municipal law, for a TNC, a TNC\ndriver, or a TNC vehicle used by a TNC driver, where such fee,\nsurcharge, unauthorized t
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§ 1700. Controlling authority. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the regulation of TNCs and TNC drivers is governed exclusively\nby the provisions of the chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen\nwhich added this section and any rules promulgated by the state through\nits agencies consistent with such chapter. No county, town, city or\nvillage may enact a tax or any fee or other surcharge on a TNC, a TNC\ndriver, or a TNC vehicle used by a TNC driver or require a license,\npermit, or additional insurance coverage or any other limitations or\nrestrictions, except for a prohibition on pick-up pursuant to section\none hundred eighty-two of the general municipal law, for a TNC, a TNC\ndriver, or a TNC vehicle used by a TNC driver, where such fee,\nsurcharge, unauthorized tax, license, permit, insurance coverage,\nlimitation or restriction, relates to facilitating or providing TNC\nprearranged trips, or subjects a TNC, a TNC driver, or a TNC vehicle\nused by a TNC driver to operational, or other requirements.\n 2. Nothing in this article shall authorize any TNC driver to pick-up a\npassenger for purposes of a TNC prearranged trip in a city with a\npopulation of one million or more or where a county or city has opted to\nprohibit the same pursuant to authority consistent with section one\nhundred eighty-two of the general municipal law, except where the\nacceptance of a prearranged trip is authorized pursuant to an existing\nreciprocity agreement.\n 3. Nothing in this article shall: (a) limit the ability of a county,\ntown, city or village to adopt or amend generally applicable limitations\nor restrictions relating to local traffic or parking control as\nauthorized by state law; or (b) preempt any reciprocity agreements,\nincluding agreements entered into pursuant to section four hundred\nninety-eight of this chapter, between a county, town, city or village\nthat relates to services regulated by section one hundred eighty-one of\nthe general municipal law.\n 4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the ability of\na municipality or other governing authority that owns or operates an\nairport located outside of a city with a population of one million or\nmore from adopting regulations and entering into contracts or other\nagreements relating to the duties and responsibilities on airport\nproperty of a transportation network company, which may include the\nimposition and payment of reasonable fees, provided that any such\ncontracts, agreements, or regulations shall not impose any license or\nother operational requirement on a transportation network company driver\nor transportation network company vehicle that is inconsistent with or\nadditional to the requirements of this article.\n