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Assembly Bill A6953B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the inspection of buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental

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2023-A6953 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4852

2023-A6953 - Summary

Requires the periodic inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental; requires such inspection quarterly; requires the state fire prevention and building code council to establish a fee for such inspection; requires the inspection of such buildings following a fire-related emergency or other fire-related incident.

2023-A6953 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6953
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the periodic
   inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist
   are sold, rented, or stored for sale or rental

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  STANDARDS  FOR  FIRE  SAFETY  INSPECTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
 WHERE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ARE SOLD, RENTED, OR STORED FOR SALE
 OR RENTAL REQUIRING AN APPROPRIATE AND QUALIFIED  INSPECTOR,  AS  DETER-
 MINED  BY  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT,  TO  PERFORM  A QUARTERLY FIRE SAFETY
 INSPECTION OF ANY  COMMERCIAL  BUILDING  WHERE  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC
 ASSIST ARE SOLD, RENTED, OR STORED FOR SALE OR RENTAL. THE COUNCIL SHALL
 ESTABLISH A REASONABLE FEE FOR SUCH INSPECTION WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF
 THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, "BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST" SHALL HAVE THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11019-01-3

2023-A6953A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4852

2023-A6953A - Summary

Requires the periodic inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental; requires such inspection quarterly; requires the state fire prevention and building code council to establish a fee for such inspection; requires the inspection of such buildings following a fire-related emergency or other fire-related incident.

2023-A6953A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6953--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the periodic
   inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist
   are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. STANDARDS FOR FIRE  SAFETY  INSPECTIONS  OF  COMMERCIAL  BUILDINGS
 WHERE  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  ARE  REPAIRED, SOLD, RENTED, OR
 STORED FOR REPAIR, SALE, OR RENTAL REQUIRING AN APPROPRIATE  AND  QUALI-
 FIED  INSPECTOR,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO PERFORM A
 QUARTERLY FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION OF ANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHERE  BICY-
 CLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  ARE  REPAIRED, SOLD, RENTED, OR STORED FOR
 REPAIR, SALE, OR RENTAL. THE COUNCIL SHALL ESTABLISH  A  REASONABLE  FEE
 FOR SUCH INSPECTION WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "BICYCLE WITH ELEC-
 TRIC ASSIST" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11019-02-3

2023-A6953B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4852

2023-A6953B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the periodic inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental; requires such inspection quarterly; requires the state fire prevention and building code council to establish a fee for such inspection; requires the inspection of such buildings following a fire-related emergency or other fire-related incident.

2023-A6953B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6953--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to requiring the
   inspection of  buildings  where  bicycles  with  electric  assist  are
   repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
   21.  STANDARDS  FOR  FIRE  SAFETY  INSPECTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
 WHERE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC  ASSIST  ARE  REPAIRED,  SOLD,  RENTED,  OR
 STORED  FOR  REPAIR, SALE, OR RENTAL REQUIRING AN APPROPRIATE AND QUALI-
 FIED INSPECTOR, AS DETERMINED BY THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT,  TO  PERFORM  A
 QUARTERLY  FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION OF ANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHERE BICY-
 CLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ARE REPAIRED,  SOLD,  RENTED,  OR  STORED  FOR
 REPAIR,  SALE,  OR  RENTAL. THE COUNCIL SHALL ESTABLISH A REASONABLE FEE
 FOR SUCH INSPECTION WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
 ASSIST"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND SHALL FURTHER INCLUDE ANY BATTERIES OR ELEC-
 TRICAL SYSTEMS FOR A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST.
   22. STANDARDS FOR AFTER A FIRE-RELATED EMERGENCY OR OTHER FIRE-RELATED
 INCIDENT OCCURS IN A BUILDING WHERE BICYCLES WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  ARE
 REPAIRED,  SOLD, RENTED, OR STORED FOR REPAIR, SALE OR RENTAL, REQUIRING
 NO BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST BE  STORED  ON  THE  PREMISES  FOR  ANY
 PURPOSE  UNTIL  THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND DETERMINED TO BE IN
 COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS BY AN APPROPRIATE  AND
 QUALIFIED INSPECTOR AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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