Assembly Bill A8656A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that hoverboards and electronic unicycles shall not be deemed to be "motor vehicles" under the vehicle and traffic law

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

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2015-A8656 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6260
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§114-e & 119-c, Art 34-D §§1280 - 1282, amd §§125 & 1800, V & T L; amd §94-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5538, S332

2015-A8656 - Summary

Provides that hoverboards and electric unicycles shall not be deemed to be "motor vehicles" under the vehicle and traffic law; regulates the operation of hoverboards; directs the consumer protection division to monitor and investigate reports of electric unicycles and hoverboards that explode.

2015-A8656 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8656

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
  hoverboards from the definition of "motor vehicle"

  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 119-c to read as follows:
  S 119-C. HOVERBOARD. EVERY SELF-BALANCING DEVICE, HAVING TWO  OR  MORE
WHEELS  ON  A  SINGLE  AXLE  AND  NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY INCHES IN HEIGHT,
DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT ONE PERSON BY  MEANS  OF  AN  ELECTRIC  PROPULSION
SYSTEM AND HAVING A MAXIMUM SPEED, WHEN PROPELLED SOLELY BY ITS ELECTRIC
PROPULSION SYSTEM, NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR.
  S 2. Section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
365 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 125. Motor  vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public
highway which is propelled by  any  power  other  than  muscular  power,
except  (a)  electrically-driven mobility assistance devices operated or
driven by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal  assistive
mobility  devices  operated  outside  a  city  with  a population of one
million or more, (b) vehicles which run only upon rails or  tracks,  (c)
snowmobiles as defined in article forty-seven of this chapter, [and] (d)
all  terrain  vehicles  as  defined  in  article  forty-eight-B  of this
chapter, AND (E) HOVERBOARDS. For the purposes of  title  four  of  this
chapter,  the  term motor vehicle shall exclude fire and police vehicles
other than ambulances.  For the purposes of titles four and five of this
chapter the term motor vehicles shall exclude farm type tractors and all
terrain type vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes, or for
snow plowing, other than for hire, farm equipment,  including  self-pro-
pelled machines used exclusively in growing, harvesting or handling farm
produce,  and self-propelled caterpillar or crawler-type equipment while
being operated on the contract site.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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

2015-A8656A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6260
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§114-e & 119-c, Art 34-D §§1280 - 1282, amd §§125 & 1800, V & T L; amd §94-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5538, S332

2015-A8656A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that hoverboards and electric unicycles shall not be deemed to be "motor vehicles" under the vehicle and traffic law; regulates the operation of hoverboards; directs the consumer protection division to monitor and investigate reports of electric unicycles and hoverboards that explode.

2015-A8656A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8656--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  exempting
  hoverboards and electric unicycles from the definition of "motor vehi-
  cle";  and  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to directing the
  consumer protection division to monitor incidents of  hoverboards  and
  electric unicycles that explode or ignite

  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  two  new
sections 114-e and 119-c to read as follows:
  S  114-E.  ELECTRIC UNICYCLE. EVERY DEVICE, HAVING A SINGLE WHEEL ON A
SINGLE AXLE,  NOT  EXCEEDING  TWENTY-SEVEN  INCHES  IN  HEIGHT  AND  NOT
EQUIPPED  WITH  HANDLEBARS, DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT ONE PERSON BY MEANS OF
AN ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM AND HAVING A MAXIMUM SPEED, WHEN PROPELLED
SOLELY BY ITS ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM, NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY  MILES
AN  HOUR.  AN  ELECTRIC  UNICYCLE  SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE AN ELECTRIC
PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.
  S 119-C. HOVERBOARD. EVERY SELF-BALANCING DEVICE, HAVING TWO  OR  MORE
WHEELS  ON  A SINGLE AXLE, NOT EXCEEDING TWELVE INCHES IN HEIGHT, EXCLU-
SIVE OF ANY LEG PAD AND/OR BAR, AND  NOT  EQUIPPED  OR  DESIGNED  TO  BE
EQUIPPED  WITH HANDLE BARS, DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT ONE PERSON BY MEANS OF
AN ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM AND HAVING A MAXIMUM SPEED, WHEN PROPELLED
SOLELY BY ITS ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM, NOT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY  MILES
AN  HOUR.    A HOVERBOARD SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE AN ELECTRIC PERSONAL
ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.
  S 2. Section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
365 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 125. Motor vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a  public
highway  which  is  propelled  by  any  power other than muscular power,
except (a) electrically-driven mobility assistance devices  operated  or
driven  by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal assistive
mobility devices operated outside  a  city  with  a  population  of  one

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

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