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Assembly Bill A7100A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental

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2023-A7100 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-w, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4865

2023-A7100 - Summary

Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental; requires insurance coverage of at least one million dollars and an additional one hundred thousand dollars per tenant if tenants reside in such building.

2023-A7100 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7100
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring  fire
   insurance  for  any  building  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. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-w to read as follows:
   §  391-W.  SALE  OR  RENTAL  OF  BICYCLES WITH ELECTRONIC ASSIST; FIRE
 INSURANCE. 1. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,  ANY
 OWNER  OF A BUILDING WHERE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ARE SOLD, RENT-
 ED, OR STORED FOR SALE OR RENTAL SHALL:
   (A) MAINTAIN FIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE OF AT LEAST ONE  MILLION  DOLLARS
 AND  AN  ADDITIONAL  ONE  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER TENANT IF TENANTS
 RESIDE IN SUCH BUILDING; AND
   (B) MAINTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE  WITH
 THIS SECTION.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "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 immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11066-01-3

2023-A7100A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-w, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4865

2023-A7100A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental; requires insurance coverage of at least one million dollars and an additional one hundred thousand dollars per tenant if tenants reside in such building.

2023-A7100A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7100--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring  fire
   insurance  for  any  building  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. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-w to read as follows:
   §  391-W.  REPAIR,  SALE,  OR RENTAL OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST;
 FIRE INSURANCE. 1. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,
 ANY OWNER  OF  A  BUILDING  WHERE  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  ARE
 REPAIRED, SOLD, RENTED, OR STORED FOR REPAIR, SALE OR RENTAL SHALL:
   (A)  MAINTAIN  FIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE OF AT LEAST ONE MILLION DOLLARS
 AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS  PER  TENANT  IF  TENANTS
 RESIDE IN SUCH BUILDING; AND
   (B)  MAINTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH
 THIS SECTION.
   2. WHENEVER A FIRE-RELATED EMERGENCY OR  OTHER  FIRE-RELATED  INCIDENT
 OCCURS  IN  A BUILDING WHERE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ARE REPAIRED,
 SOLD OR RENTED, OR STORED FOR REPAIR, SALE OR RENTAL, NO  BICYCLES  WITH
 ELECTRIC  ASSIST, INCLUDING BATTERIES OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR BICYCLES
 WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST, SHALL BE STORED ON THE PREMISES  FOR  ANY  PURPOSE
 UNTIL  THE  PREMISES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND DETERMINED TO BE IN COMPLI-
 ANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS BY AN APPROPRIATE AND QUALI-
 FIED INSPECTOR AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST"
 SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11066-03-3
 A. 7100--A                          2

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