New York § 147 - 147Dogs accompanying persons with a disability
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 147 — 147Dogs accompanying persons with a disability, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 147. 147Dogs accompanying persons with a disability
§ 147. Dogs accompanying persons with a disability. Subject to such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, all common and contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle shall permit a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog as defined in section forty-seven-b of the civil rights law accompanying a person with a disability, as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, to accompany, to guide, or otherwise to aid such person, to ride on all vehicles operated for transportation and no charge shall be made for the transportation of such dog.
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Section 147 ("147Dogs accompanying persons with a disability") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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