Old taximeter business rules

Meter work without a TLC taximeter business license

Old Rule 15-02 barred anyone from making, selling, installing, repairing, adjusting or calibrating taximeters, or installing seals, wiring or roof lights for TLC-licensed vehicles, without a current TLC taximeter business license. After July 18, 2007 meters also had to come from a TLC-licensed manufacturer.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $10,000, and revocation if the license is suspended. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-02TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop license suspension rule (no subsection given)

Old Rule 15-07 let the TLC suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a taximeter business license when the shop stopped meeting the licensing requirements during its term, and summarily suspend it where public safety was at risk. It describes TLC powers rather than a separate duty.

Replaced by §64

Former TLC Rule 15-07TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop no longer meets licensing requirements

Old Rule 15-07(a) let the TLC suspend or revoke a taximeter business license, or deny renewal, if it learned during the license term that the shop no longer met the requirements for the license.

Replaced by §64

Former TLC Rule 15-07(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop changed location, name or officers without TLC approval

Old Rule 15-08(b) barred a taximeter business owner from changing its location, mailing address, corporate or trade name, officers, or any other important detail in its license application without first notifying the TLC and getting approval.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,000. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-08(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop without required City, State or federal permits

Old Rule 15-10(a) required a licensed taximeter business to get and keep in force every license and permit required by City, State or federal law.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,000 and/or suspension until compliance (row 15-10). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-10(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop fee schedule not filed with the TLC

Old Rule 15-11(a) required a taximeter business to file with the TLC a schedule of its current fees for selling, repairing, installing and calibrating meters, including inspections, tests and repairs.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $50. Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-11(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop fee schedule not posted for customers

Old Rule 15-11(c) barred a taximeter business from doing business unless its current schedule of inspection and repair charges, including hourly rates, was prominently posted on the premises.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $50. Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-11(c)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop premises didn't meet TLC standards

Old Rule 15-12(a) required a taximeter business to be in a properly zoned location, big enough to hold at least three vehicles at once, with enough light and space for inspections and tests, a customer waiting area and restrooms, and all required signs.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,000 and suspension until compliance. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-12(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop equipment not maintained

Old Rule 15-13(a) required a taximeter business to keep all TLC-required (and legally required) equipment in good working order so inspections, tests and calibrations could be done properly.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,000. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-13(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop tested or installed with faulty equipment

Old Rule 15-13(b) barred a taximeter business from doing any test, calibration or installation with equipment that was not in good working order.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,000. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-13(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop without the outside "licensed taximeter business" sign

Old Rule 15-14(a) required a "licensed taximeter business" sign with the license number, meeting TLC specifications, to be hung outside the premises where the public can see it, and barred displaying it while the license was expired, suspended or revoked.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $100 (row 15-14). Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-14(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop without the window sign showing name, license and complaint number

Old Rule 15-14(b) required each taximeter business to post a printed sign inside its window, readable from outside, with its business name, license number and the TLC complaint phone number.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $100 (row 15-14). Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-14(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop fraud, such as rigging a meter

Old Rule 15-20(a) barred a taximeter business owner from fraud, misrepresentation or larceny, for example calibrating a fare other than the TLC rate, adjusting tire size, gears, sensors or wiring to send a false time or distance signal, selling or installing a device that does so, or falsifying taxi technology system records.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): Revocation and $10,000. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-20(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop acted against the public interest

Old Rule 15-20(b) barred a taximeter business owner or representative from any willful act or omission against the public's best interest, even if not specifically banned elsewhere in the rules.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $150–$350 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-20(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop unlawful activity (no subsection given)

Old Rule 15-21 barred unlawful activity by a taximeter business owner: using the premises for an unlawful purpose, hiding evidence of a crime, failing to report attempted crimes, and filing false or misleading statements with the TLC. This summons did not say which subsection was charged.

Replaced by §64

Former TLC Rule 15-21TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop concealed evidence of a crime

Old Rule 15-21(b) barred a taximeter business owner from concealing any evidence of a crime connected with the business premises or office.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $350–$1,000 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-21(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop filed a false statement with the TLC

Old Rule 15-21(d) barred a taximeter business owner from filing with the TLC any statement the owner knew, or should have known, was false, misleading, deceptive or materially incomplete.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): Revocation and $10,000. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-21(d)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't cooperate with officers or TLC staff

Old Rule 15-26(a) required a taximeter business owner to cooperate at all times with law enforcement officers and TLC representatives.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $250. Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-26(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't answer or follow TLC directives

Old Rule 15-26(b) required a taximeter business owner to answer and comply as directed with all TLC questions, communications, notices, directives and summonses, and to produce its TLC license and other documents when asked.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $250 and suspension until compliance. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-26(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't supervise its employees

Old Rule 15-27(a) made a taximeter business owner responsible for supervising, and answerable for, everything its employees, contractors and agents do in selling, installing, inspecting, testing and calibrating meters.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-27(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-27(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter work done by a technician not certified by the manufacturer

Old Rule 15-27(b) required a taximeter business to make sure employees knew the rules and to use only technicians certified by the meter's manufacturer for installing, testing, repairing or calibrating that meter.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-27(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-27(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter work or records not done and signed by a certified technician

Old Rule 15-27(c) required all meter work — installation, inspection, calibration and repair — to be done by a manufacturer-certified technician, who must keep the required records and sign every inspection, test or repair report he or she prepares.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-27(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-27(c)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't report its certified technicians to the TLC

Old Rule 15-27(e) required a taximeter business to give the TLC, at licensing and renewal, the names of all certified meter technicians it employs, and to notify the TLC in writing of any changes.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-27(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-27(e)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Taximeter not sealed with approved seals

Old Rule 15-30(a) required every meter installation to include TLC-approved security seals, installed so they break if the meter or sealed part is taken apart.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-30(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-30(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't keep a proper seal log

Old Rule 15-30(b) required a taximeter business to number every seal, use them in order, account for unused ones, and keep a record for each seal: seal number, meter number, medallion number, date installed, any seal removed, and the reason for a new seal.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-30(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-30(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't store seals and records securely

Old Rule 15-30(d) required a taximeter business to keep seals and meter repair records in a fireproof safe bolted to the floor, or in a locked room with an alarm connected to a central monitoring service.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-30(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-30(d)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't file its seal-security procedures

Old Rule 15-30(e) required each taximeter business to keep, and file with the TLC, a description of how it prevents loss, theft, destruction or misuse of meter seals.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-30(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-30(e)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Taximeter not inspected against TLC specifications

Old Rule 15-31(a) required a taximeter business to inspect a meter whenever it installed, repaired or calibrated it, checking compliance with TLC specifications, type approvals and tolerances, including a measured-mile road test.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-31). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-31(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Taximeter not inspected against the owners' meter rules

Old Rule 15-31(c) required a taximeter business, whenever it installed, repaired or calibrated a meter, to check that it met the taxicab owners' rules on taximeters.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-31). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-31(c)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop worked on a meter not authorized for that cab

Old Rule 15-32(c) barred a taximeter business from doing any work on a meter in a TLC-licensed vehicle when the meter's make, model or serial number appears on the TLC vehicle license or rate card and the TLC had not otherwise authorized that meter.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-32(a)-(e)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-32(c)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter test results not recorded (no subsection given)

Old Rule 15-33 required a taximeter business to record and send in meter inspection and test results, put a TLC certification sticker on meters that pass, safeguard and control those stickers, and file "hack-up" paperwork for new installations. This summons did not say which subsection was charged.

Replaced by §64

Former TLC Rule 15-33TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter test results not filed with the TLC within 7 days

Old Rule 15-33(a) required a taximeter business to record the results of every meter inspection or test, with the meter's make, model and serial number, on the TLC form and submit it to the TLC within seven days.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500 and suspension until compliance. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-33(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter certification sticker not affixed or reused

Old Rule 15-33(b) required a taximeter business to put a TLC-approved certification sticker on each meter that passed inspection, and barred re-attaching a sticker once removed.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-33(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter certification stickers not safeguarded

Old Rule 15-33(c) required a taximeter business to keep certification stickers safe, control the order they are issued, and place them only on meters that passed inspection under the rules.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-33(c)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

No hack-up certification form for a new meter installation

Old Rule 15-33(d)(1) required a taximeter business that installed a meter to prepare a cab for "hack-up" (first licensing) to complete the TLC-approved hack-up certification form when the preparation work was finished.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500 and suspension until compliance (row 15-33(d)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-33(d)(1)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Hack-up meter documents not sent to the TLC within 24 hours

Old Rule 15-33(d)(2) required a taximeter business that installed a meter for hack-up to submit all installation and inspection documents to the TLC within 24 hours.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500 and suspension until compliance (row 15-33(d)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-33(d)(2)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Taximeter sale rules broken (no subsection given)

Old Rule 15-41 set rules for meter shops selling taximeters: only State- and TLC-approved meters, only with a valid TLC vehicle license presented, installed and certified by the seller, sales reported within seven days, buyers told of restrictions, and traded-in meters decertified. This summons did not say which subsection was charged.

Replaced by §64

Former TLC Rule 15-41TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter sale, trade or exchange not reported within 7 days

Old Rule 15-41(d) required a taximeter business to report to the TLC, within seven days and on the TLC form, every sale, trade or exchange of taximeters it made.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation for each subdivision violated (row 15-41). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-41(d)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Traded-in meter not decertified and reported

Old Rule 15-41(f) required a taximeter business to remove, deface or void the certification sticker on any meter it bought, exchanged or took in trade, and to report that decertification to the TLC.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation for each subdivision violated (row 15-41). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-41(f)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't follow TLC record-keeping rules

Old Rule 15-42(a) required a taximeter business to follow all TLC record-keeping procedures, keep records in the TLC's form for five years, and have all entries made by a certified technician.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500. Personal appearance not required.

Former TLC Rule 15-42(a)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop couldn't account for certification stickers

Old Rule 15-42(b) required a taximeter business to account for every certification sticker it obtained and issued.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-42(b)-(d)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-42(b)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't keep records of sales, installs and repairs

Old Rule 15-42(d) required a taximeter business to keep records of all sales, installations, inspections, re-inspections, calibrations and repairs, and their results.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500–$1,500 and/or suspension up to 60 days or revocation (row 15-42(b)-(d)). Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-42(d)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)

Meter shop didn't make its records available to inspectors

Old Rule 15-42(e) required a taximeter business to make all required records available at any time for examination by TLC agents or other authorized law enforcement officers.

Replaced by §64

Fine (published)

Old penalty schedule (§15-43, 2009 text): $500 and suspension until compliance. Personal appearance required.

Former TLC Rule 15-42(e)TLC Rules, old Chapter 15 – Taximeter Business Rules (Dec 2009 version)