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                                  8643

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  sale  of
  electronically motorized boards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
391-u to read as follows:
  S 391-U. SALE OF ELECTRONICALLY MOTORIZED BOARDS.    1.  NO  ELECTRON-
ICALLY  MOTORIZED  BOARD  MANUFACTURED  OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SHALL BE SOLD IN THIS  STATE  UNLESS  SUCH
ELECTRONICALLY  MOTORIZED  BOARD IS MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED IN COMPLI-
ANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL  PROMUL-
GATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SAFETY STANDARDS AND WARNING
LABELS THAT SHALL GOVERN THE MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLY AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF
ELECTRONICALLY  MOTORIZED BOARDS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FEDERAL CONSUMER
PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION OR ANY  SUCCESSOR  COMMISSION  OR  AGENCY  MAY
PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS.
  3. AN ELECTRONICALLY MOTORIZED BOARD SHALL ONLY BE SOLD TO AN INDIVID-
UAL  HAVING  ATTAINED  THE  AGE  OF FIFTEEN. AN ELECTRONICALLY MOTORIZED
BOARD SHALL BE OPERATED ONLY BY A PERSON WHO IS FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE  OR
OLDER.
  4.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ELECTRONICALLY MOTOR-
IZED BOARD" SHALL MEAN ANY WHEELED DEVICE THAT HAS A FLOORBOARD DESIGNED
TO BE STOOD UPON WHEN RIDING THAT IS NOT GREATER THAN SIXTY INCHES  DEEP
AND  EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE, IS DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT ONLY ONE PERSON, AND
HAS AN ELECTRIC PROPULSION  SYSTEM  AVERAGING  LESS  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
WATTS,  THE  MAXIMUM SPEED OF WHICH, WHEN POWERED SOLELY BY A PROPULSION
SYSTEM ON A PAVED LEVEL SURFACE, IS NO MORE THAN TWENTY MILES PER  HOUR.
THE DEVICE MAY BE DESIGNED TO ALSO BE POWERED BY HUMAN PROPULSION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law;  provided,  however,

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

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that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or
before such date.