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Assembly Bill A1705

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the inclusion of batteries used in bicycles with electric assist in the rechargeable battery recycling program

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2025-A1705 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-1803, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10665

2025-A1705 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes batteries used in bicycles with electric assist in the rechargeable battery recycling program.

2025-A1705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1705
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   recycling of batteries used in bicycles with electric assist
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  27-1803  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  562  of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  "rechargeable  battery"  means  any  rechargeable  nickel-cadmium,
 sealed  lead,  lithium  ion,  nickel metal hydride battery, or any other
 such dry cell battery capable of  being  recharged  weighing  less  than
 twenty-five  pounds,  or  battery  packs  containing such batteries; but
 shall not include a battery used as the principal electric power  source
 for  a vehicle, such as, but not limited to, an automobile, boat, truck,
 tractor, golf cart or wheelchair, EXCEPT THAT SUCH TERM SHALL INCLUDE  A
 BATTERY DESIGNED FOR USE IN A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; for storage of
 electricity generated by an alternative power source, such as  solar  or
 wind-driven  generators; or for memory backup that is an integral compo-
 nent of an electronic device;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04236-01-5

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