Taximeter businesses and manufacturers

Taximeter work done without a TLC taximeter business license

Nobody may sell, install, repair, adjust, inspect, calibrate or maintain taximeters, or install or repair meter seals, wiring harnesses or roof-light equipment for taxis or green cabs, without a valid TLC Taximeter Business License. The rule has no separate fine box; unlicensed-activity penalties apply.

35 RCNY §64-09(a)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter business filed a false or misleading statement with TLC

A taximeter licensee must not file with TLC any statement it knows or should know is false, misleading, deceptive or materially incomplete.

Fine (published)

$10,000 fine and revocation. Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-11(d)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop lacks waiting area or restroom for customers

A taximeter business's premises must always have a sufficient waiting area and restroom facilities for customers, along with proper zoning, room for three vehicles and good lighting in the test areas.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,000 fine and suspension until compliance (for 64-14(a)(1)–(4)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-14(a)(4)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop lacks required repair and installation equipment

A taximeter business must have at least the equipment TLC requires for repairing and installing taximeters.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,000 fine and suspension until compliance. Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-14(c)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not maintain its required equipment

A taximeter business must keep all TLC-required equipment in good working order, maintained so inspections, tests and calibrations can be done according to the rules.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,000 fine. Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-15(a)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not void certification on a traded-in taximeter

When a taximeter business receives a taximeter that was bought, exchanged or traded in, it must remove, deface or otherwise void the meter's certification sticker and report the decertification to TLC.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation for each subdivision violated (for 64-21(a)–(h)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-21(e)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop strictly liable for tampering with a meter it sealed

By sealing a taximeter, a taximeter business certifies it tested and calibrated the meter properly. The business is strictly liable for any tampering with a meter that still carries its unbroken seal.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-23(a)–(b)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-23(a)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not install approved taximeter seals properly

When installing a taximeter that cannot be updated remotely, a taximeter business must affix TLC-approved security seals in the prescribed way, so that the seals destroy themselves if the meter or sealed part is taken apart.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(a)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not keep proper taximeter seal records

A licensed taximeter business must number each seal, keep a record of each seal used, use seals in consecutive order, account for unused seals, and make the record available to TLC. The record must show the seal number, meter number, medallion or SHL number, install date, any seal removed, and why a new seal was installed.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(b)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop seal record missing the seal number

A licensed taximeter business must number each seal and keep a record of every seal used; item (1) of that record is the seal number itself. This summons is for missing or incomplete seal records.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(b)(1)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop seal record missing the taximeter number

A licensed taximeter business must number every meter seal, use seals in order, account for unused ones, and keep a record that includes, for each seal, the number of the taximeter it was installed in (item 2). This summons is for an incomplete or missing seal record.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(b)(2)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop seal record missing the installation date

A licensed taximeter business must keep a record of every taximeter seal it uses; item (4) of that record is the date the seal was installed. This summons is for seal records that leave it out or are missing.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(b)(4)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not remove another shop's seals before resealing

Before installing its own seal on a taximeter, a taximeter business must remove all seals installed by another meter shop, broken or not.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-24(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-24(c)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop worked on a meter with altered serial or software number

A taximeter business must not inspect, test, calibrate or repair a taximeter whose serial number or software version number has been deleted, defaced or altered.

Fine (published)

$500–$1,500 fine and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (for 64-26(a)–(e)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-26(b)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter shop did not record or submit taximeter test results

A taximeter business must record each inspection or test result, with the meter make, model and serial number, on the TLC form and send it to TLC within seven days.

Fine (published)

$500 fine and suspension until compliance. Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-27(a)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter business deliberately acted against the public interest

While doing business as a TLC licensee, a taximeter business must not deliberately do anything against the best interests of the public, even if no specific rule mentions it. The summons narrative should describe the act.

Fine (published)

$150–$350 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation (for 64-32(f)). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-32(f)(2)TLC Rule Book, Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses and Manufacturers)

Meter business willful act of omission or commission (2011 numbering)

In the 2011 rule book the taximeter business conduct rules were §64-33 (now §64-32). Subdivision (f) bars licensees from deliberately failing to do, or deliberately doing, anything against the best interests of the public, even if no specific rule mentions it.

Replaced by §64-32(f)

Fine (published)

$150–$350 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation (2011 rule book). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-33(f)TLC Rule Book (2011), Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses), archive copy

Meter business deliberately failed to do something required (2011 numbering)

Under the 2011 numbering (now §64-32(f)(1)), a taximeter licensee must not deliberately fail to perform any act when that failure is against the best interests of the public.

Replaced by §64-32(f)(1)

Fine (published)

$150–$350 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation (for 64-33(f), 2011 rule book). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-33(f)(1)TLC Rule Book (2011), Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses), archive copy

Meter business deliberately acted against the public (2011 numbering)

Under the 2011 numbering (now §64-32(f)(2)), a taximeter licensee must not deliberately do anything that is against the best interests of the public.

Replaced by §64-32(F)(2) — Meter business deliberately acted against the public interest

Fine (published)

$150–$350 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation (for 64-33(f), 2011 rule book). Appearance required.

35 RCNY §64-33(f)(2)TLC Rule Book (2011), Chapter 64 (Taximeter Businesses), archive copy