Assembly Bill A9953

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires license plates for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

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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-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 34 Art Head, Art 34-D Art Head, add §§1244 & 1290, V & T L

2021-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires license plates for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York city; requires a registration fee for such license plates.

2021-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9953
 
                           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 requiring
   license plates for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
           REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY DEVICES
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1244 to read as follows:
   § 1244. REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST. A.  IN  A  CITY
 HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, EVERY BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
 ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION 102-C OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL  BE  REGISTERED
 AND  ISSUED  A LICENSE PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT. IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE  A  BICYCLE  WITH
 ELECTRIC ASSIST ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS UNLESS SUCH BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
 ASSIST SHALL HAVE A DISTINCTIVE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER  AND  A  NUMBER PLATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH A NUMBER CORRE-
 SPONDING TO THAT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
   B. SUCH LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE OF SUCH  MATERIAL,  FORM,  DESIGN  AND
 DIMENSIONS  AND CONTAIN OR SET FORTH SUCH DISTINGUISHING NUMBER OR OTHER
 IDENTIFICATION MARKS AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE,  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT THERE SHALL BE AT ALL TIMES A MARKED CONTRAST BETWEEN THE
 COLOR OF THE NUMBER PLATES AND THAT OF THE NUMERALS OR LETTERS  THEREON,
 AND  PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL DISPLAY
 THE NUMBER PLATES OF MORE THAN ONE STATE AT A TIME, NOR SHALL ANY  PLATE
 BE USED OTHER THAN THOSE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C.  EACH  SUCH  LICENSE  PLATE SHALL IDENTIFY WHETHER THE BICYCLE WITH
 ELECTRIC ASSIST IS PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL IN NATURE.
   D. EACH SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAYED  ON  THE
 REAR  OF  THE  BICYCLE  WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST, SECURELY FASTENED SO AS TO
 PREVENT THE SAME FROM SWINGING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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