Assembly Bill A9197

                             
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                                   9197
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   license plates for certain bicycles with electric assist and  electric
   scooters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14.  (A) ANY BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST THAT CAN EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT
 MILES PER HOUR WITH BATTERY ASSISTANCE UP TO AND EXCEEDING SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY WATTS SHALL BE REGISTERED  AND  ISSUED  A  LICENSE  PLATE  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   (B)  SUCH  LICENSE  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,
 AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL  DISPLAY
 THE  NUMBER PLATES OF MORE THAN ONE STATE AT A TIME, NOR SHALL ANY PLATE
 BE USED OTHER THAN THOSE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (C) EACH SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAYED  ON  THE
 REAR OF THE BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST.
   (D)  THE FEE FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE A NOMINAL FEE 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. ANY ELECTRIC SCOOTER
 THAT CAN EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT MILES PER HOUR WITH BATTERY  ASSISTANCE  UP
 TO  AND  EXCEEDING  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY  WATTS SHALL BE REGISTERED AND
 ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2. SUCH LICENSE 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,
 AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO ELECTRIC SCOOTER SHALL DISPLAY  THE  NUMBER
 PLATES  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE STATE AT A TIME, NOR SHALL ANY PLATE BE USED
 OTHER THAN THOSE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   3. EACH SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  CONSPICUOUSLY  DISPLAYED  ON  THE
 REAR OF THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER.
   4.  THE  FEE FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE A NOMINAL FEE DETERMINED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.