Assembly Bill A3964

                             
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                                   3964
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters used in deliveries
   in certain cities 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 USED  IN  DELIV-
 ERIES.  1. IN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, EVERY BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
 ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH  IS
 USED BY A PERSON TO MAKE COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES, EITHER AS AN EMPLOYEE OR
 AS  AN  INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR, SHALL BE REGISTERED AND ISSUED A NUMBER
 PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT.  NO PERSON SHALL USE A  BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
 ASSIST  IN  SUCH  CITY  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF MAKING COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES
 UNLESS SUCH BICYCLE 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.  A  FEE  OF UP TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR SUCH NUMBER PLATES MAY BE
 CHARGED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH FEE SHALL BE PAID BY THE COMPANY WHICH
 EMPLOYS OR CONTRACTS WITH THE OWNER OR  OPERATOR  OF  THE  BICYCLE  WITH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07852-02-5
              

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 ELECTRIC ASSIST TO MAKE DELIVERIES OF THEIR GOODS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
 A  COMPANY  WHICH  IS  A THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH THE
 DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ARE ARRANGED SHALL BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR
 THE  FEE  FOR  THE  NUMBER  PLATES  UNDER THIS SECTION FOR EACH DELIVERY
 PERSON IT CONTRACTS WITH.  WHERE AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A BICYCLE  WITH
 ELECTRIC  ASSIST  IS EMPLOYED BY OR CONTRACTS WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY
 OR THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PLATFORM  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRORATE  THE
 COSTS AND REFUND EACH COMPANY OR PLATFORM A PORTION OF SUCH COST.
   5.  NUMBER PLATES SHALL BE RENEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS. WHERE AN OWNER OR
 OPERATOR OF A BICYCLE WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST  TERMINATES  EMPLOYMENT  OR
 CEASES  THEIR  CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH A THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PLAT-
 FORM, SUCH PERSON SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN NINETY DAYS.
   6. A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL BE IMPOSED  UPON  ANY  COMPANY
 WHICH  EMPLOYS  OR  CONTRACTS  WITH THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE BICYCLE
 WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST WHICH  FAILS  TO  REGISTER  IN  VIOLATION  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1290 to read as follows:
   § 1290. REGISTRATION OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS USED IN DELIVERIES. 1. IN  A
 CITY  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  EVERY  ELECTRIC SCOOTER AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH IS USED BY A PERSON
 TO MAKE COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES, EITHER AS AN EMPLOYEE OR AS AN  INDEPEND-
 ENT  CONTRACTOR,  SHALL  BE  REGISTERED AND ISSUED A NUMBER PLATE BY THE
 DEPARTMENT. NO PERSON SHALL USE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER IN SUCH CITY FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF MAKING COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES  UNLESS  SUCH  ELECTRIC  SCOOTER
 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 ELECTRIC SCOOTER, SECURELY FASTENED SO AS  TO  PREVENT  THE  SAME
 FROM SWINGING.
   4.  A  FEE  OF UP TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR SUCH NUMBER PLATES MAY BE
 CHARGED BY THE COMMISSIONER.   SUCH FEE SHALL BE  PAID  BY  THE  COMPANY
 WHICH  EMPLOYS  OR  CONTRACTS WITH THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE ELECTRIC
 SCOOTER TO MAKE DELIVERIES OF  THEIR  GOODS,  PRODUCTS  OR  SERVICES.  A
 COMPANY  WHICH  IS  A  THIRD-PARTY  DELIVERY  PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH THE
 DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ARE ARRANGED SHALL BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR
 THE  FEE  FOR  THE  NUMBER  PLATES  UNDER THIS SECTION FOR EACH DELIVERY
 PERSON IT CONTRACTS WITH. WHERE AN OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  OF  AN  ELECTRIC
 SCOOTER IS EMPLOYED BY OR CONTRACTS WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY OR THIRD-
 PARTY  DELIVERY  PLATFORM  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PRORATE THE COSTS AND
 REFUND EACH COMPANY OR PLATFORM A PORTION OF SUCH COST.
   5. NUMBER PLATES SHALL BE RENEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS. WHERE AN OWNER  OR
 OPERATOR  OF  AN  ELECTRIC SCOOTER TERMINATES EMPLOYMENT OR CEASES THEIR
 CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT  WITH  A  THIRD-PARTY  DELIVERY  PLATFORM,  SUCH
 PERSON SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN NINETY DAYS.
   6.  A  FINE  OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON ANY COMPANY
 WHICH EMPLOYS OR CONTRACTS WITH THE OWNER OR  OPERATOR  OF  AN  ELECTRIC
 SCOOTER WHICH FAILS TO REGISTER IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.