Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 19, 2022 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A9886
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Stacey Pheffer Amato
Maritza Davila
Richard Gottfried
2021-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 12-E §§399-u - 399-w, §§1244 & 1290, amd §504, V & T L
2021-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a bicycle with electric assist and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate a bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices.
2021-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9886 I N A S S E M B L Y April 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a bicycle with electric assist and electric scooter operator's safety manual and licensing requirement in a city with a population of one million or more THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new article 12-E to read as follows: ARTICLE 12-E NEW YORK CITY BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE AND LICENSE SECTION 399-U. BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER OPERA- TOR'S SAFETY MANUAL. 399-V. LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER. 399-W. RULES AND REGULATIONS. § 399-U. BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER OPERATOR'S SAFETY MANUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND PUBLISH A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER OPERATOR'S SAFETY MANUAL THAT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION AND ACCESSIBLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. THE MANUAL SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (A) AN OVERVIEW OF TRAFFIC LAWS GOVERNING BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS; (B) THE SAFE OPERATION OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS; (C) BICYCLE LANES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (D) OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND MARKINGS RELATED TO BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OPERATORS, ELECTRIC SCOOTER OPERATORS AND PEDESTRIANS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15318-01-2
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