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Senate Bill S9208

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters be registered with the department of motor vehicles

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2023-S9208 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1244 & 1290, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S2599

2023-S9208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters be registered with the department of motor vehicles and have a license plate affixed to such bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter.

2023-S9208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9208
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters be registered with
   the department of motor vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1244 to read as follows:
   §  1244. REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST. 1. EVERY BICY-
 CLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THIS
 CHAPTER SHALL BE REGISTERED AND ISSUED A NUMBER PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT.
 NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST UNLESS SUCH BICY-
 CLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL HAVE A DISTINCTIVE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO  IT
 BY THE COMMISSIONER AND A NUMBER PLATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH A
 NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
   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.
   3. EACH SUCH NUMBER PLATE SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYED ON THE REAR
 OF  THE BICYCLE, SECURELY FASTENED SO AS TO PREVENT THE SAME FROM SWING-
 ING.
   4. THE FEE FOR SUCH NUMBER PLATES SHALL BE DETERMINED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
   5.  WHERE  THERE  IS  A  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION, THE FINE FOR SUCH
 VIOLATION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1290 to read as follows:
   § 1290. REGISTRATION  OF  ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. 1. EVERY ELECTRIC SCOOTER
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL  BE
 REGISTERED  AND ISSUED A NUMBER PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT. NO PERSON SHALL
 OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER UNLESS SUCH DEVICE SHALL HAVE A  DISTINCTIVE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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