Licensed tow truck owners and drivers, when
required, will answer all communication received from the Town Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver
to refuse to surrender a license or licenses to the Town Clerk upon
demand after such license or licenses have been suspended, revoked
or expired.
It shall be unlawful for any person to demand
or receive any payment in excess of the maximum charges permitted
by this chapter.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any tow truck owner or driver or any other person to make repairs or to charge a fee, directly or indirectly, for making an estimate for repairs on any motor vehicle involved in an accident or otherwise disabled without entering into a signed agreement with the owner or other person in charge of said disabled motor vehicle, fixing the cost on a form prescribed by § 55-38.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any tow truck owner or driver
or any other person to enter into an agreement for repair or for the
estimate for repairs where the owner or person in charge of the motor
vehicle involved in an accident is to be hospitalized because of such
accident until the expiration of at least 24 hours from the time of
such accident, unless the injured person has, before the expiration
of said time, been discharged from the hospital.
At his/her place of business set forth on his/her
license, every unrestricted tow truck owner shall maintain for one
year a bound record book of all calls for towing service at the scene
of an accident, to be available for inspection by the police or office
of the Town Clerk. Entries in this book shall be legible, made in
ink and written in English at the time the call is received and shall
specify:
Every owner, upon the sale or other disposition
of a licensed tow truck, shall, within 24 hours, notify the Town Clerk
of such sale or other disposition and surrender the license or licenses
and medallion.
A.
If any other municipality in the County of Nassau
shall adopt an ordinance or local law which contains substantially
similar requirements for licenses as set forth in this chapter and
which permits holders of owner's or driver's licenses issued hereunder
to operate tow trucks upon the public highways thereof without further
license or fee and shall file a certified copy of such local law or
ordinance with the Town Clerk of the Town of North Hempstead, any
holder of a license to operate tow trucks issued by such municipality
may operate tow trucks within the Town of North Hempstead, provided
that in all instances, all standards of this chapter are complied
with and a reciprocal license from the Town of North Hempstead is
obtained.
B.
The Board of Trustees of any incorporated village
in the Town may, by resolution and agreement, provide that applications
for licenses shall no longer be made to the Village Clerk but to the
Clerk of the Town of North Hempstead and, if such resolution is approved
by the Town Board, such resolution and agreement shall become effective
from and after the beginning of the next following licensing period
not less than one month after a certified copy of such resolution
of the Village Board and of the resolution of approval of the Town
Board shall have been transmitted to the Town Clerk. When effective,
tow trucks licensed by the Town of North Hempstead shall be permitted
to operate on village highways and private property as provided herein.
The Town Clerk shall have the power to prescribe
reasonable rules and regulations for the proper and efficient administration
and enforcement of this chapter.
