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Senate Bill S5532

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes a class three bicycle with electric assist in the definition of limited use motorcycle

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2025-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7000
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §121-b, V & T L

2025-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes a class three bicycle with electric assist in the definition of limited use motorcycle.

2025-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5532
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including  a
   class  three bicycle with electric assist in the definition of limited
   use motorcycle

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 121-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 160 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   § 121-b. Limited use motorcycle. (A) A limited use vehicle having only
 two  or  three wheels, with a seat or saddle for the operator. A limited
 use motorcycle having a maximum performance speed, of more  than  thirty
 miles per hour but not more than forty miles per hour shall be a class A
 limited  use  motorcycle.  A  limited  use  motorcycle  having a maximum
 performance speed of more than twenty miles per hour but not  more  than
 thirty  miles  per  hour,  shall  be a class B limited use motorcycle. A
 limited use motorcycle having a maximum performance speed  of  not  more
 than twenty miles per hour shall be a class C limited use motorcycle.
   (B)  A CLASS THREE BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION (C) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09570-02-5

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