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Assembly Bill A5429

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to registration of personal bicycles

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2011-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง401-c, V & T L

2011-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the annual registration of personal bicycles and provides for a license plate fee of twenty-five dollars for the first year and five dollars for every year thereafter.

2011-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5429

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law in relation to the registra-
  tion of personal bicycles

  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
section 401-c to read as follows:
  S 401-C. REGISTRATION OF PERSONAL  BICYCLES.  EVERY  PERSONAL  BICYCLE
SHALL  BE  REGISTERED  ANNUALLY,  AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.  PERSONAL
BICYCLES SHALL BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE IDENTIFYING IT  AS  A  PERSONAL
BICYCLE.
  1.  PERSONAL  BICYCLES SHALL BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE UPON PASSING AN
INSPECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE  INSPECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  THE
BICYCLE  CONFORMS  WITH  THE  LAMP AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.  THE  FEE  FOR  SUCH  LICENSE
PLATES  SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS THE FIRST YEAR AND SHALL BE REDUCED
TO FIVE DOLLARS EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.
  2. LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  SHALL
BEAR A DISTINCTIVE MARK AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08373-01-1

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