Assembly Bill A9201

                             
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                                   9201
 
                        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
   all persons less than sixteen years of age to provide proof of age for
   the purchase of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters,  and
   motor-driven cycles

   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 two new subdivisions 14 and 15 to read as follows:
   14.  NO  PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE BUSI-
 NESS OF SELLING BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST  SHALL  SELL  ANY  BICYCLE
 WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST TO ANY PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE. VALID
 PROOF OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   15.  NO  PERSON SHALL PURCHASE A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST THAT CAN
 EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT MILES PER HOUR UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER IS A HOLDER  OF
 A VALID CLASS D, DJ, M OR MJ LICENSE AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1290 to read as follows:
   § 1290. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. 1.   NO
 PERSON,  FIRM,  ASSOCIATION  OR  CORPORATION  ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF
 SELLING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS SHALL SELL AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER TO  ANY  PERSON
 LESS  THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE. VALID PROOF OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED AT
 THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   2. NO PERSON SHALL PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER THAT CAN EXCEED  TWEN-
 TY-EIGHT  MILES  PER  HOUR  UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER IS A HOLDER OF A VALID
 CLASS D, DJ, M OR MJ LICENSE AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 123-a to read as follows:
   § 123-A. MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE. EVERY MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE HAVING:
   (A) A SEAT OR SADDLE FOR THE USE OF THE OPERATOR;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) TWO OR THREE WHEELS IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND;
   (C)  AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, OR ELECTRIC, SOLAR OR HYBRID MOTOR
 WHICH WILL PROPEL THE MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE UNASSISTED AT A  MAXIMUM  SPEED
 NO  GREATER  THAN  THIRTY  MILES PER HOUR. IF SUCH MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE IS
 EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE,  SUCH  ENGINE'S  PISTON  OR
 ROTOR  DISPLACEMENT  SHALL  NOT EXCEED FIFTY CUBIC CENTIMETERS. A MOTOR-
 DRIVEN CYCLE SHALL BE A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE OR MOTORCYCLE WHEN  OPER-
 ATED AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF THIRTY MILES PER HOUR; AND
   (D)  A DIRECT OR AUTOMATIC POWER DRIVE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRES NO CLUTCH
 OR GEAR SHIFT OPERATION BY  THE  OPERATOR  AFTER  THE  DRIVE  SYSTEM  IS
 ENGAGED WITH THE ENGINE OR MOTOR.
   § 4. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  694  of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new
 section 1244 is added to read as follows:
                  OPERATION OF BICYCLES [AND], PLAY DEVICES
                          AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES
   § 1244. MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE PROVISIONS. 1. NO PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION
 OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF  SELLING  MOTOR-DRIVEN  CYCLES
 SHALL SELL A MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE TO ANY PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF
 AGE.  VALID PROOF OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   2. NO PERSON SHALL PURCHASE A MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE THAT CAN EXCEED TWEN-
 TY-EIGHT  MILES  PER  HOUR  UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER IS A HOLDER OF A VALID
 CLASS D, DJ, M OR MJ LICENSE AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE.
   § 5. 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 date.