Assembly Bill A2444

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Defines bicycles with electric assist and establishes regulations for such bicycles

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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-A2444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§102, 159, 1202 & 1225-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7995
2023-2024: A6681

2021-A2444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines bicycles with electric assist; establishes regulations for such bicycles.

2021-A2444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2444
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NIOU,  KIM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  bicycles
   with electric assist
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 102 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
 chapter 931 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 102. Bicycle.  Every two or three wheeled device upon which a person
 or persons may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or
 gears, with such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, except  that  it  shall
 not  include  such a device having solid tires and intended for use only
 on a sidewalk by pre-teenage children. A BICYCLE INCLUDES A BICYCLE WITH
 ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THIS ARTICLE,
 PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE IS INTENDED TO AFFECT THE  ABILITY
 OF  A  LOCAL AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
 OPERATION OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST.
   § 2. Section 159 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to read  as
 follows:
   § 159. Vehicle. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or prop-
 erty  is  or  may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices
 moved by human power  or  used  exclusively  upon  stationary  rails  or
 tracks,  AND  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED TWO-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. Subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section  1202
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of
 1970, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  On  a  sidewalk, EXCEPT THAT A BICYCLE MAY PARK ON A SIDEWALK IN A
 MANNER COMPLYING WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH BICYCLE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL AND REASONABLE  MOVEMENT
 OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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