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Senate Bill S8107

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of class one bicycles with electric assist on certain state lands that authorize the use of bicycles without electric assist

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2025-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-0105, En Con L

2025-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of class one bicycles with electric assist on certain preserves, parks, and other state lands that the department of environmental conservation has authorized the use of bicycles without electric assist; provides that such class one e-bikes be authorized for such use in the same locations and manner as such bicycles without electric assist are authorized to be used.

2025-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8107
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  class  one  bicycles  with  electric assist to be used on
   certain preserves, parks, and other state lands

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  20  of section 9-0105 of the environmental
 conservation law, as renumbered by chapter 554 of the laws of  1993,  is
 renumbered  subdivision  21 and a new subdivision 20 is added to read as
 follows:
   20. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 AUTHORIZE  THE  USE  OF  CLASS  ONE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ON ANY
 PRESERVES, PARKS AND OTHER STATE LANDS  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE  ON
 WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS AUTHORIZED THE USE OF BICYCLES WITHOUT ELECTRIC
 ASSIST. SUCH CLASS ONE BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
 TO BE USED IN THE SAME LOCATIONS AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS SUCH BICYCLES
 WITHOUT ELECTRIC ASSIST ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE USED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11764-01-5

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