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provisions of this article, except as otherwise expressly provided in
this chapter.
Every owner of a motorcycle OR AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE which
shall be operated or driven upon the public highways of this state
shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, cause to be filed, by
mail or otherwise, in the office or a branch office of the commissioner,
or with an agent of the commissioner, constituted as provided in this
chapter, an application for registration, addressed to the commissioner,
and on a blank to be prepared under the direction of and furnished by
the commissioner for that purpose, containing: (a) A brief description
of the motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE to be registered, includ-
ing the name of the manufacturer and factory number of such vehicle; (b)
the name, residence, including county and business address of the owner
of such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE.
2. Registration record. Upon the receipt of a sufficient application
for registration, as provided in this article, the commissioner or agent
receiving it shall register such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLE, and maintain a record of the registration of such motorcycle OR
ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE under the distinctive number assigned to such
motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, as provided in this section,
and the information in such record may be obtained upon payment of the
fees specified in section two hundred two of this chapter.
3. Certificate of registration. a. Upon the filing of such application
and the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the commissioner shall
assign to such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE a distinctive
number and, without expense to the applicant, issue and deliver in such
manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a certificate of
registration, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, and a
number plate at a place within the state of New York named by the appli-
cant in his application. In the event of the loss, mutilation or
destruction of any certificate of registration or number plate, the
owner of a registered vehicle may file such statement and proof of the
facts as the commissioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in
the office of the commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner
shall otherwise direct, in the office of the agent who issued the
certificate or plate and the commissioner or his agent, as the case may
be, shall issue a duplicate or substitute. No application for registra-
tion shall be accepted unless the applicant is at least sixteen years of
age.
b. Upon the issuance of a certificate of registration, the commission-
er shall provide the owner of such vehicle with a notice regarding the
laws governing unidentifiable motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE
parts, in such form and manner as the commissioner may prescribe.
4. Times for registration and reregistration. Registration applied for
and certificates issued under any application shall expire on a date
determined by the commissioner. Registration shall be renewed period-
ically in the same manner and upon payment of the same annual fee as
provided in this section for registration, to take effect and to expire
on dates to be determined by the commissioner. Provided, however, that
the commissioner shall have authority to fix the length of time for
which any such vehicle which is registered without fee shall be regis-
tered. Provided further, however, that renewal of a registration may be
used preceding the expiration date of such registration including such
expiration date.
5. Registration fees. a. The annual fee for registration or reregis-
tration of a motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE shall be eleven
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dollars and fifty cents. Beginning April first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-eight the annual fee for registration or reregistration of a motorcy-
cle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE shall be seventeen dollars and fifty
cents, of which two dollars and fifty cents shall be deposited by the
comptroller into the special obligation reserve and payment account of
the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund established pursuant to
section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law for the purposes estab-
lished in this section.
b. Where a registration is made for a period of more or less than one
calendar year, the registration fee shall not be prorated. The
provisions hereof with respect to the payment of registration fees shall
not apply to motorcycles OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES owned or
controlled by the state, a city, county, village or town or any of the
departments thereof, or any school district or county extension service
association, but in other respects shall be applicable.
6. Fees in lieu of taxes. The registration fees imposed by this arti-
cle upon such vehicles shall be in lieu of all taxes, general or local,
to which motorcycles OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES may be subject.
7. "Motorcycle" as used in this section shall mean a motorcycle as
defined by section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter.
8. "ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE" AS USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN AN
ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF
THIS CHAPTER.
§ 4. Section 411 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to read as
follows:
§ 411. Distinctive number; form of number plates. 1. No person shall
operate or drive a motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE on the public
highways of this state unless such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICY-
CLE shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by the commissioner
and a number plate issued by the commissioner with a number correspond-
ing to that of the certificate of registration conspicuously displayed
on the rear of such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, securely
fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging.
2. Such number 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 motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES
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.
3. No person shall operate or drive a motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLE upon the public highways of this state having displayed thereon
a number plate not proper for such motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLE under the provisions of this chapter and, upon conviction for
this offense, the number plate shall be surrendered to the court for
delivery to the commissioner.
4. No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a number plate issued
for a motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE owned and registered by
him to be displayed on any motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE
other than a motorcycle OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE to which such
number plate has been assigned by the commissioner, or upon which such
number plate may legally be displayed under a temporary certificate of
registration issued by a dealer under the provisions of section four
hundred twenty of this chapter.
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§ 5. Section 411-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
962 of the laws of 1981, subdivision 1 as amended by section 17 of part
G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 411-a. Issuance of special number plates. 1. The commissioner may
issue special number plates to applicants therefor in the same manner as
other number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special
number plates shall be issued only upon payment of an annual service
charge of eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents in addition to the
regular fee prescribed by section four hundred ten of this article.
Application for special number plates shall be made in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to issuance of
such number plates. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this
section, the difference collected between the service charge set forth
in this subdivision in effect on and after September first, two thousand
nine and the service charge set forth in this subdivision in effect
prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated
highway and bridge trust fund.
2. For purposes of this section, a special number plate shall be a
plate which contains not more than six letters, numerals or any combina-
tion thereof and which is reserved by the commissioner for issuance in
accordance with the provisions of this section, or a plate reserved for
issuance in a series for motorcycles OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES owned
by public officers, physicians, accredited representatives of the press
or other groups. In issuing special number plates the commissioner shall
give those applicants who held a special number plate at the time of the
enactment of this section the right to retain such special number plate
upon the payment of the annual service charge of fifteen dollars.
Provided, however, that such right of retention shall apply only to the
first renewal of the registration of such special number plate following
the enactment of this section.
3. This section shall not apply to any plates in a series reserved in
the public interest for purposes of facilitating identification of state
and municipal motorcycles OR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES and those owned
by members of international governmental organizations or any other
vehicles which are exempt from the payment of registration fees, nor to
plates or series of plates assigned by the commissioner for issuance by
county clerks.
4. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the
commissioner to issue a special number plate or plates.
§ 6. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new article
34-D to read as follows:
ARTICLE 34-D
OPERATION OF ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES
SECTION 1280. TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLES.
1281. OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES.
1282. OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES ON ROADWAYS, SHOUL-
DERS, BICYCLE OR IN-LINE SKATE LANES OR PATHS.
1283. CLINGING TO OTHER VEHICLES.
1284. EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS.
1285. METHOD OF GIVING HAND AND ARM SIGNALS BY ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLISTS.
1286. ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES SAFETY COURSE.
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1287. LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE WITHOUT REPORTING.
§ 1280. TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLES. EVERY PERSON OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL BE
GRANTED ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE DUTIES
APPLICABLE TO THE DRIVER OF ANY OTHER VEHICLE UNDER THIS TITLE, EXCEPT
AS TO SPECIAL REGULATIONS IN THIS ARTICLE AND EXCEPT AS TO THOSE
PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE WHICH BY THEIR NATURE CAN HAVE NO APPLICATION.
§ 1281. OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES. 1. NO PERSON LESS THAN
SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE.
2. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE UNLESS SUCH
PERSON HAS A VALID NEW YORK STATE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT
PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
3. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE UNLESS SUCH
PERSON IS WEARING A HELMET MEETING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WEARING A HELMET MEANS
HAVING A HELMET OF GOOD FIT FASTENED SECURELY ON THE HEAD OF SUCH WEARER
WITH THE HELMET STRAPS SECURELY FASTENED.
4. A PERSON OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL RIDE ONLY
UPON THE PERMANENT AND REGULAR SEAT ATTACHED THERETO, AND SUCH OPERATOR
SHALL NOT CARRY ANY OTHER PERSON ON AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE.
5. A PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE ONLY WHILE
SITTING ASTRIDE THE SEAT, FACING FORWARD, WITH ONE LEG ON EACH SIDE OF
THE ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE.
6. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE WHILE CARRYING
ANY PACKAGE, BUNDLE OR OTHER ARTICLE WHICH PREVENTS HIM OR HER FROM
KEEPING BOTH HANDS ON THE HANDLEBARS.
7. (A) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OR
TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL PAY A CIVIL FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS.
(B) THE COURT SHALL WAIVE ANY FINE FOR WHICH A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WOULD BE LIABLE IF SUCH
PERSON SUPPLIES THE COURT WITH PROOF THAT BETWEEN THE DATE OF VIOLATION
AND THE APPEARANCE DATE FOR SUCH VIOLATION SUCH PERSON PURCHASED OR
RENTED A HELMET.
(C) THE COURT MAY WAIVE ANY FINE FOR WHICH A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WOULD BE LIABLE IF THE
COURT FINDS THAT DUE TO REASONS OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP SUCH PERSON WAS
UNABLE TO PURCHASE A HELMET FROM THE STATEWIDE IN-LINE SKATE AND BICYCLE
HELMET DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM OR A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
8. A POLICE OFFICER SHALL ONLY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A VIOLATION OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OR TWO OF THIS SECTION BY A PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN
YEARS OF AGE TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION
BY SUCH PERSON OCCURS IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDI-
AN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR MORE.
SUCH SUMMONS SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED TO SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN, AND SHALL
NOT BE ISSUED TO THE PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
§ 1282. OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES ON ROADWAYS, SHOULDERS,
BICYCLE OR IN-LINE SKATE LANES OR PATHS. 1. UPON ALL ROADWAYS, ANY ELEC-
TRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL BE DRIVEN EITHER ON A USABLE BICYCLE OR
IN-LINE SKATE LANE OR PATH OR NEAR THE RIGHT-HAND CURB OR EDGE OF THE
ROADWAY OR UPON A USABLE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO
PREVENT UNDUE INTERFERENCE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC EXCEPT WHEN PREPAR-
ING FOR A LEFT TURN OR WHEN REASONABLY NECESSARY TO AVOID CONDITIONS
THAT WOULD MAKE IT UNSAFE TO CONTINUE ALONG NEAR THE RIGHT-HAND CURB OR
EDGE. CONDITIONS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO, FIXED OR MOVING OBJECTS, VEHICLES, BICYCLES, IN-LINE
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SKATERS, PEDESTRIANS, ANIMALS, SURFACE HAZARDS OR TRAFFIC LANES TOO
NARROW FOR AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE AND A VEHICLE TO TRAVEL SAFELY
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITHIN THE LANE.
2. PERSONS OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE UPON A ROADWAY SHALL
NOT RIDE MORE THAN TWO ABREAST. PERSONS OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLE UPON A SHOULDER, BICYCLE OR IN-LINE SKATE LANE, OR BICYCLE OR
IN-LINE SKATE PATH, MAY RIDE TWO OR MORE ABREAST IF SUFFICIENT SPACE IS
AVAILABLE, EXCEPT THAT WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE, BICYCLE OR PERSON ON
IN-LINE SKATES, OR PEDESTRIAN, STANDING OR PROCEEDING ALONG SUCH SHOUL-
DER, LANE OR PATH, PERSONS OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL
RIDE SINGLE FILE. PERSONS OPERATING ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES UPON A
ROADWAY SHALL RIDE SINGLE FILE WHEN BEING OVERTAKEN BY A VEHICLE.
3. THE OPERATION OF AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE ON PATHS, TRAILS, OR
GREENWAYS IS PROHIBITED UNLESS SUCH OPERATION IS AUTHORIZED BY THE MUNI-
CIPALITY OR COUNTY WHERE SUCH PATHS, TRAILS, OR GREENWAYS ARE LOCATED.
§ 1283. CLINGING TO OTHER VEHICLES. NO PERSON OPERATING AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL ATTACH HIMSELF OR HERSELF OR THE ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE OR STREETCAR ON A ROADWAY.
§ 1284. EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS. 1. AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL MEET THE EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS
FOR BICYCLES ADOPTED BY THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (16
C.F.R. 1512.1, ET SEQ.) OR THE REQUIREMENTS ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (49 C.F.R. 561.1, ET SEQ.) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF
1966 (15 U.S.C. SEC. 1381, ET SEQ.) FOR MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLES.
2. EVERY ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE WHEN IN USE DURING THE PERIOD FROM
ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER SUNSET TO ONE-HALF HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE SHALL BE
EQUIPPED WITH A LAMP ON THE FRONT WHICH SHALL EMIT A WHITE LIGHT VISIBLE
DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS FROM A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED FEET
TO THE FRONT AND WITH A RED OR AMBER LIGHT VISIBLE TO THE REAR FOR THREE
HUNDRED FEET. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE LIGHTS SHALL BE VISIBLE FOR TWO
HUNDRED FEET FROM EACH SIDE.
3. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE UNLESS IT IS
EQUIPPED WITH A BELL OR OTHER DEVICE CAPABLE OF GIVING A SIGNAL AUDIBLE
FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FEET, EXCEPT THAT AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH NOR SHALL ANY PERSON USE
UPON AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE ANY SIREN OR WHISTLE.
4. EVERY ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH ADEQUATE
BRAKES IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND SUFFICIENT TO CONTROL SUCH ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE AT ALL TIMES WHEN SUCH ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE IS IN
USE.
5. ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES SHALL OPERATE IN A MANNER SO THAT THE
ELECTRIC MOTOR IS DISENGAGED OR CEASES TO FUNCTION WHEN THE BRAKES ARE
APPLIED, OR OPERATE IN A MANNER SUCH THAT THE MOTOR IS ENGAGED THROUGH A
SWITCH OR MECHANISM THAT, WHEN RELEASED, WILL CAUSE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
TO DISENGAGE OR CEASE TO FUNCTION.
6. EVERY ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH REFLECTIVE
TIRES OR, ALTERNATIVELY, A REFLEX REFLECTOR MOUNTED ON THE SPOKES OF
EACH WHEEL, SAID TIRES AND REFLECTORS TO BE OF TYPES APPROVED BY THE
COMMISSIONER. THE REFLEX REFLECTOR MOUNTED ON THE FRONT WHEEL SHALL BE
COLORLESS OR AMBER, AND THE REFLEX REFLECTOR MOUNTED ON THE REAR WHEEL
SHALL BE COLORLESS OR RED.
7. EVERY ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE WHEN IN USE DURING THE PERIOD FROM
ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER SUNSET TO ONE-HALF HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE SHALL BE
EQUIPPED WITH REFLECTIVE DEVICES OR MATERIAL MEETING THE STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED BY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH STANDARDS SHALL NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH OR
OTHERWISE CONFLICT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND SIX OF
THIS SECTION.
§ 1285. METHOD OF GIVING HAND AND ARM SIGNALS BY ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLISTS. ALL SIGNALS HEREIN REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN BY ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLISTS BY HAND AND ARM SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND
SUCH SIGNALS SHALL INDICATE AS FOLLOWS:
1. LEFT TURN. LEFT HAND AND ARM EXTENDED HORIZONTALLY.
2. RIGHT TURN. LEFT HAND AND ARM EXTENDED UPWARD OR RIGHT HAND AND ARM
EXTENDED HORIZONTALLY.
3. STOP OR DECREASE SPEED. LEFT HAND AND ARM EXTENDED DOWNWARD.
§ 1286. ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES SAFETY COURSE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM OR CURRICULA FOR A THIRTY MINUTE ELECTRIC
BICYCLE SAFETY COURSE TO BE COMPLETED BY OPERATORS OF ELECTRIC ASSISTED
BICYCLES ANNUALLY. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PERMIT ANY SUCH SAFETY TRAINING
COURSE TO BE GIVEN BY ANY PRIVATE PERSON, CLUB, ASSOCIATION OR MUNICI-
PALITY WHICH MEETS STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE
COMMISSIONER MAY ESTABLISH A REASONABLE FEE WHICH ANY SUCH PERSON OR
ENTITY MAY CHARGE FOR SUCH COURSE OR COURSES.
2. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SAFETY COURSE GIVEN IN CONFORMITY
WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY A PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
OVER, THE PERSON OR ENTITY WHICH GAVE THE COURSE SHALL NOTIFY THE
COMMISSIONER OF SUCH COMPLETION IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH INFORMATION, ISSUE
AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE SAFETY CERTIFICATE TO THE PERSON WHO HAS
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE COURSE.
§ 1287. LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE WITHOUT REPORTING. 1. (A) ANY PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER OPERATING AN ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE WHO, KNOWING OR
HAVING CAUSE TO KNOW, THAT PHYSICAL INJURY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
NINE OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER
PERSON, DUE TO THE OPERATION OF SUCH ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE BY SUCH
PERSON SHALL, BEFORE LEAVING THE PLACE WHERE SUCH PHYSICAL INJURY
OCCURRED, STOP AND PROVIDE HIS OR HER NAME AND RESIDENCE, INCLUDING
STREET AND STREET NUMBER, TO THE INJURED PARTY, IF PRACTICAL, AND ALSO
TO A POLICE OFFICER, OR IN THE EVENT THAT NO POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE PLACE OF SAID INJURY, THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL REPORT SAID
INCIDENT AS SOON AS PHYSICALLY ABLE TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR
JUDICIAL OFFICER.
(B) A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A
VIOLATION.
2. (A) ANY PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OPERATING AN ELECTRIC
ASSISTED BICYCLE WHO, KNOWING OR HAVING CAUSE TO KNOW, THAT SERIOUS
PHYSICAL INJURY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE
PENAL LAW, HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER PERSON, DUE TO THE OPERATION OF
SUCH ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE BY SUCH PERSON SHALL, BEFORE LEAVING THE
PLACE WHERE SUCH SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OCCURRED, STOP AND PROVIDE HIS
OR HER NAME AND RESIDENCE, INCLUDING STREET AND STREET NUMBER, TO THE
INJURED PARTY, IF PRACTICAL, AND ALSO TO A POLICE OFFICER, OR IN THE
EVENT THAT NO POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PLACE OF SAID
INJURY, THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL REPORT SAID INCIDENT AS SOON AS PHYS-
ICALLY ABLE TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR JUDICIAL OFFICER.
(B) A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A CLASS
B MISDEMEANOR.
§ 7. Except as otherwise provided in this act, no municipal corpo-
ration, as defined in section 2 of the general municipal law, shall,
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after June 1, 2017, enact any local law, ordinance or code relating to
the operation of an electric assisted bicycle unless the terms of such
law, ordinance or code are identical to the provisions of this act. The
provisions of this act shall invalidate and preempt any such local law,
ordinance or code, enacted after June 1, 2017 unless the terms of such
law, ordinance or code are identical to the provisions of this act.
§ 8. The provisions of this act shall preempt any local law, ordi-
nance, code, rule or regulation relating to the operation of an electric
assisted bicycle, except that nothing in this act shall preclude any
state or local agency, which, by permit, license or registration regu-
lates the business or professional activities of individuals from impos-
ing more stringent restrictions than provided in this act for the use of
electric assisted bicycles upon such individuals during the course of
engaging in the business or professional activity that is the subject of
such agency's permit, license or registration.
§ 9. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.