Senate Bill S2599A

                             
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                                  2599--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   bicycles  with electric assist and electric scooters 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.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as "Priscilla's
 law".
   § 2. 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.  IN A CITY
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, EVERY BICYCLE 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 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. THE FEE FOR SUCH NUMBER PLATES SHALL BE DETERMINED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01421-04-5
              

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   5.  WHERE  THERE  IS  A  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION, THE FINE FOR SUCH
 VIOLATION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1290 to read as follows:
   § 1290. REGISTRATION OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. 1. IN A CITY OF ONE MILLION
 OR MORE, EVERY ELECTRIC SCOOTER AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  FOUR-
 TEEN-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 NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER  AND  A  NUMBER PLATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH A NUMBER CORRE-
 SPONDING 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.  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.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.