NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7206

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Jun 07, 2021	referred to rules

2021-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd Art 34 Art Head, add §1244, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S1372
2025-2026: S2527

2021-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York city; requires a one time registration; requires a registration fee for such license plates.

2021-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7206

SPONSOR: FELDER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
license plates for bicycles, bicycles for electric assist and electric
scooters

 
PURPOSE:

Requires all bicycles, bicycles for electric assist and electric scoot-
ers in New York City to have a license plate

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the title of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law.

Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section
1244 that requires bicycles, bicycles for electric assist and electric
scooters in a city of one million or more, to have a license issued by

the Department of Motor Vehicles. The license plate will have a distinc-
tive number assigned to it that corresponds to a certificate of regis-
tration. The design of the license plate will be determined by the
department and shall be conspicuously displayed.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On Apr. 25, 1901, New York Governor Benjamin Odell Jr. signed into law a
bill requiring owners of motor vehicles to register with the state and
have a license plate(1). It was the first State in the nation to require
license plates for automobiles.

As Bicycles, E-bikes and E-scooters grow in popularity, it is time for
New York to once again lead the country by requiring these types of
vehicles to have a distinctive license plate issued by the DMV.  Opera-
tors of bicycles, E-bikes and E-scooters have all the same rights and
are subject to all of the duties and regulations applicable to drivers
of motor vehicles. For some reason, these rules do not extend to license
plates, which are a simple way to better regulate and enforce the law
for the growing number of bicycles, E-bikes and E-scooters in New York
City.

License plates for bicycles, E-bikes and E-scooters is a concept that is
growing in support. "I think ideas like license plates certainly need to
be considered," said Mayor de Blasio. "We're going into a new world
where more and more people are biking - and that's great - but in some
ways we have to catch up with that reality, so I think that's the kind
of idea that now needs to be explored.(2)

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
1. https://time.com/4301055/license-plate-history/
2. https://nypost.com/2021/05/12/mayoral- candidtes-rip-de-blasios-bike-
license-plate-propsal

2021-S7206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7206
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   license plates for bicycles, bicycles for electric assist and electric
   scooters

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and  traf-
 fic  law,  as  amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
 read as follows:
           REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY DEVICES
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1244 to read as follows:
   §  1244.  REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES, BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST, AND
 ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. A.  IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR
 MORE,  EVERY  BICYCLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 102 OF THIS CHAPTER, BICYCLE
 WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION 102-C  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 114-E OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE
 REGISTERED AND ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT.  IN  A  CITY
 HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
 BICYCLE, BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR ELECTRIC SCOOTER ON THE  PUBLIC
 HIGHWAYS  UNLESS  SUCH BICYCLE, BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR ELECTRIC
 SCOOTER SHALL HAVE A DISTINCTIVE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  AND  A  NUMBER  PLATE  ISSUED  BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH A NUMBER
 CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
   B. SUCH LICENSE 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 BICYCLE, BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09116-02-1

 S. 7206                             2
 
 ELECTRIC SCOOTER 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.
   C. EACH SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL IDENTIFY WHETHER THE BICYCLE, BICYCLE
 WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  OR ELECTRIC SCOOTER IS PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL IN
 NATURE.
   D. EACH SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAYED  ON  THE
 REAR  OF  THE BICYCLE, BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST OR ELECTRIC SCOOTER,
 SECURELY FASTENED SO AS TO PREVENT THE SAME FROM SWINGING.
   E. THE FEE FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE A NOMINAL  FEE  DETERMINED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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