Larry Rulison is reporting for the Times Union the state Senate and Assembly have rejected Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposals to dramatically increase oversight of New York's limousine industry. The proposals were incorporated into the executive budget, offered in response to the Schoharie limousine crash last fall that killed 20 people. The language of the one-house budget bills approved Mar. 13, gutted every new safeguard put forward by Cuomo. The governor's original package included an outright ban on stretch limousines and increased powers for the state departments of Transportation and Motor Vehicles to take illegal limos off the road and punish rogue operators. The governor also wanted to increase the civil and criminal penalties for operators who try to evade the law. Legislators did keep the executive's proposed new $120 inspection fee for the limos that can carry more than 10 passengers. Limo company owners and state legislators were wary of the governor's proposals from the start, saying they could put upstanding limo companies out of business. A Cuomo spokesman declined to respond to the absence of the proposals from the Senate and Assembly budget plans. Read the full story in the Times Union.