Assembly Bill A9160

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of class two bicycles with electric assist

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §102-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2660

2021-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Specifies that class two bicycles with electric assist shall be those for which the electric motor cannot provide assistance when such bicycles reach a speed of twenty-eight miles per hour.

2021-A9160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9160
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi-
   nition of class two bicycles with electric assist
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by section 1 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  "Class two bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric
 assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively  to  propel
 such  bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such
 bicycle reaches a speed of [twenty] TWENTY-EIGHT miles per hour.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13521-03-1

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