Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a7431/amendment/b
Timestamp: 2020-01-24 11:56:51
Document Index: 78196209

Matched Legal Cases: ['§102', 'Art 34', '§1280', '§125', '§  4', '§ 5', '§  1242', '§  1282', '§  1285', '§  1243', '§  7', '§  8']

NY State Assembly Bill A7431B
assembly Bill A7431B
Current Bill Status Via S5294 - Vetoed by Governor
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Jun 20, 2019 substituted by s5294a
rules report cal.650
Jun 16, 2019 print number 7431b
Jun 16, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to codes
Jun 14, 2019 reported referred to codes
print number 7431a
Jun 14, 2019 amend and recommit to transportation
May 03, 2019 referred to transportation
A7431 - Details
Add §§102-c, 114-e, 1242, 1243 & Art 34-D §§1280 - 1287, amd §§125, 159 & 1642, V & T L
A7431 - Summary
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC, FAHY -- read once and referred to the
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A7431A - Details
A7431A - Summary
A7431A - Bill Text download pdf
7431--A
Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC, FAHY, D. ROSENTHAL, WALLACE, McMAHON,
DE LA ROSA, BLAKE, RYAN, CRESPO,  SIMOTAS,  DILAN,  VANEL,  DenDEKKER,
BRAUNSTEIN,  PHEFFER AMATO,  LUPARDO,  SANTABARBARA,  HYNDMAN, MOSLEY,
McDONALD, JACOBSON,  FERNANDEZ,  SAYEGH,  COLTON,  CRUZ,  EICHENSTEIN,
DeSTEFANO,  ORTIZ,  WOERNER,  REYES,  BARRON, LAVINE, HUNTER, BRONSON,
MORINELLO, STERN, RAYNOR, BURKE, McDONOUGH, RODRIGUEZ, ROMEO, BUTTENS-
CHON,  JEAN-PIERRE,  PICHARDO,  D'URSO,  WEPRIN,  DICKENS,  B. MILLER,
JONES,  GRIFFIN, STECK, LIFTON, SOLAGES, BUCHWALD, CUSICK, M. L. MILL-
ER, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI,  LENTOL  --  read
MOTOR  OF  LESS  THAN  SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY WATTS, EQUIPPED WITH OPERABLE
PEDALS, MEETING THE EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS  FOR  BICY-
CLES  ADOPTED  BY THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION UNDER 16 C.F.R.
(A) "CLASS ONE BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST." A BICYCLE WITH  ELECTRIC
ASSIST  HAVING  AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE ONLY WHEN THE
PERSON OPERATING SUCH BICYCLE IS PEDALING, AND THAT  CEASES  TO  PROVIDE
(B)  "CLASS TWO BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST." A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
ASSIST HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT MAY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY  TO  PROPEL
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SUCH  BICYCLE, AND THAT IS NOT CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WHEN SUCH
SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-E OF THIS ARTICLE.   For the purposes of
title four of this chapter, the term motor vehicle  shall  exclude  fire
§  4. Section 159 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to read as
moved  by  human  power  or  used  exclusively  upon stationary rails or
tracks, BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED
TWO-C  OF  THIS ARTICLE, AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE
§ 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
§  1242.  ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC
AND PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES CONTAINED IN THIS  ARTICLE,  BICY-
THE  RIDER STOPS PEDALING, OR OPERATE IN A MANNER SUCH THAT THE ELECTRIC
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OPERATE OR RIDE AS A PASSENGER UPON A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST,  AND
5. (A) NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC  ASSIST  UNLESS
ANY  REGULATION  OR  ORDER OR LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
(B) NO BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL BE OPERATED ON  A  SIDEWALK,
EXCEPT  AS  MAY  BE  AUTHORIZED BY A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY A
CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH  SIDEWALK  INCLUDING
PARKING  ON  CERTAIN  SIDEWALKS  WITHIN  SUCH  CITY,  TOWN OR VILLAGE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990,  AS
6.  THE  OPERATION  OF  A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST WHICH MEETS THE
REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  TWO-C  OF  THIS
CHAPTER  OUTSIDE OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE IS
BUSINESS  OF SELLING OR LEASING BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST SHALL SELL
OR LEASE ANY BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ON OR AFTER  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE UNLESS SUCH BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST HAS PERMA-
NENTLY AFFIXED THERETO, IN A PROMINENT LOCATION, A MANUFACTURER'S  LABEL
WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION:  THE  CLASS, MAXIMUM
MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE OF SUCH  BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
ASSIST.  MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST
SHALL, BY APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, ESTABLISH A  PROCESS  BY
WHICH  AN OWNER OF A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST MAY REQUEST AND OBTAIN
A MANUFACTURER'S  LABEL  PROVIDING  THE  CLASS,  MAXIMUM  MOTOR-ASSISTED
SPEED,  AND MOTOR WATTAGE APPLICABLE TO HIS OR HER BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
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ASSIST PURCHASED PRIOR  TO  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  AND
(B)  NO  PERSON  SHALL  OPERATE  A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST ON ANY
PUBLIC HIGHWAY OR STREET IN THIS STATE AFTER JUNE  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
IN  A  PROMINENT  LOCATION,  A MANUFACTURER'S LABEL PROVIDING THE CLASS,
MAXIMUM MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE  OF  SUCH  BICYCLE  WITH
ELECTRIC  ASSIST.  ANY  PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A CIVIL FINE OF  UP  TO  FIFTY  DOLLARS.  THE
COURT WITH PROOF THAT, BETWEEN THE DATE ON WHICH HE OR  SHE  IS  CHARGED
WITH  HAVING  VIOLATED  THIS  PARAGRAPH AND THE APPEARANCE DATE FOR SUCH
ELECTRIC ASSIST AS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
SECTION  BY  A  PERSON  LESS  THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO THE PARENT OR
GUARDIAN OF SUCH PERSON IF THE VIOLATION BY SUCH PERSON  OCCURS  IN  THE
PRESENCE  OF  SUCH  PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR
GUARDIAN IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SUCH SUMMONS SHALL  ONLY  BE
1286.  LEAVING  THE  SCENE  OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ELECTRIC
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3.  NO  PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER UNLESS SUCH OPERATION
OR ORDER OR LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO
OF  THIS SECTION OR SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO
OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION  TWELVE
§  1282.  OPERATING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. 1. NO ELECTRIC SCOOTER SHALL BE
USED TO CARRY MORE PERSONS AT ONE TIME THAN THE NUMBER  FOR  WHICH  SUCH
2.  NO  PERSON  OPERATING AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER SHALL CARRY ANY PACKAGE,
BUNDLE OR ARTICLE WHICH PREVENTS THE OPERATOR FROM KEEPING AT LEAST  ONE
HAND  UPON  THE  HANDLE BARS OR WHICH OBSTRUCTS HIS OR HER VISION IN ANY
WAY TO PEDESTRIANS AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
PASSENGER UPON AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER, AND NO PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS  OF  AGE
OR  OLDER SHALL ALLOW ANY PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO OPER-
ATE OR RIDE AS A PASSENGER UPON SUCH SCOOTER.  A  POLICE  OFFICER  SHALL
ONLY  ISSUE  A  SUMMONS  FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY A PERSON
LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH  PERSON
IF  THE VIOLATION BY SUCH PERSON OCCURS IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH PERSON'S
PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND WHERE SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS  EIGHTEEN  YEARS
OF  AGE  OR  MORE.   SUCH SUMMONS SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED TO SUCH PARENT OR
GUARDIAN, AND SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE PERSON LESS THAN SIXTEEN  YEARS
5.  NO  PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER ON A SIDEWALK, EXCEPT
OR VILLAGE HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH SIDEWALK INCLUDING  PARKING  ON
CERTAIN  SIDEWALKS  WITHIN SUCH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED  (PUBLIC
OR  PROPERTY,  OTHER  THAN  A  HIGHWAY EXCLUSIVE OF ANY GREENWAY RUNNING
MAY BE OPERATED ON ANY SUCH LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED  AND  POSTED
FOR  TRAVEL  BY  ELECTRIC  SCOOTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
THE TERM "GREENWAY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS  DEFINED
BY  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN OF SECTION 44-0103 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA-
TION LAW AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 39.03 OF THE  PARKS,  RECREATION
(B)  A  STATE  AGENCY,  BY  REGULATION  OR  ORDER, AND A CITY, TOWN OR
LANDS AND PROPERTIES UNDER ITS JURISDICTION, OTHER THAN HIGHWAYS  EXCLU-
A  PLACE  OPEN  FOR TRAVEL BY ELECTRIC SCOOTERS UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FOR
SUCH DESIGNATION BY ANY PERSON, AND MAY IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS  AND  CONDI-
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ELECTRIC SCOOTER ON OR AFTER JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE  UNLESS
LABEL WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE MAXIMUM  MOTOR-
ASSISTED  SPEED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE OF SUCH ELECTRIC SCOOTER. MANUFACTUR-
ERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS SHALL,  BY  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH AN OWNER OF AN ELEC-
TRIC SCOOTER MAY REQUEST AND OBTAIN A MANUFACTURER'S LABEL PROVIDING THE
MAXIMUM MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE APPLICABLE TO HIS OR HER
ELECTRIC SCOOTER PURCHASED PRIOR TO JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE
AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, FROM SUCH MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.
(B)  NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER ON ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY
LABEL  PROVIDING  THE MAXIMUM MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE OF
SUCH ELECTRIC SCOOTER. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
PARAGRAPH  SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A CIVIL FINE OF UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS. THE
VIOLATION,  A  MANUFACTURER'S  LABEL  WAS AFFIXED TO HIS OR HER ELECTRIC
SCOOTER AS REQUIRED BY THIS  PARAGRAPH.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH
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§  1285.  LAMPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. 1. EVERY ELECTRIC SCOOTER WHEN IN
2. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER UNLESS SUCH SCOOTER  IS
EQUIPPED  WITH A BELL OR OTHER DEVICE CAPABLE OF GIVING A SIGNAL AUDIBLE
FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FEET,  EXCEPT  THAT  AN  ELECTRIC
SCOOTER  SHALL  NOT  BE  EQUIPPED  WITH NOR SHALL ANY PERSON USE UPON AN
3. EVERY ELECTRIC SCOOTER SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A  BRAKE  WHICH  WILL
ENABLE  THE OPERATOR TO MAKE THE BRAKED WHEELS SKID ON DRY, LEVEL, CLEAN
KNOW,  THAT  PHYSICAL  INJURY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION
10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER PERSON,  DUE  TO  THE
A7431B (ACTIVE) - Details
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A  PLACE  OPEN  FOR TRAVEL BY BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST FOR SUCH DESIGNATION BY ANY PERSON, AND MAY IMPOSE  RESTRICTIONS
AND  CONDITIONS  FOR  THE REGULATION AND SAFE OPERATION OF BICYCLES WITH
ELECTRIC ASSIST ON SUCH PUBLIC LANDS OR  PROPERTY,  SUCH  AS  TRAVEL  ON
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§  1243.  SHARED  BICYCLE  AND  SHARED  BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC ASSIST
SYSTEMS; DATA PROTECTION. 1. THE GOVERNING BODY OF  ANY  CITY,  TOWN  OR
IZE  AND REGULATE SHARED BICYCLE SYSTEMS OR SHARED BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC
ASSIST SYSTEMS WITHIN SUCH CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE.    NO  SUCH  SHARED
SYSTEMS  SHALL  OPERATE WITHIN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE EXCEPT AS AUTHOR-
IZED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR  REGULATION.  FOR  THE
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PUBLIC LANDS OR PROPERTY, SUCH AS TRAVEL ON DESIGNATED TRAILS AND  HOURS
DESIGNED  AND  EQUIPPED,  AND  MOTOR  WATTAGE  OF SUCH ELECTRIC SCOOTER.
MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF  ELECTRIC  SCOOTERS  SHALL,  BY  APRIL
AN  ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  MAY  REQUEST  AND  OBTAIN  A MANUFACTURER'S LABEL
PROVIDING THE MAXIMUM MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, THE NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  FOR
WHICH  SUCH ELECTRIC SCOOTER IS DESIGNED AND EQUIPPED, AND MOTOR WATTAGE
TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  AND  INSTALLATION  INSTRUCTIONS,  FROM   SUCH
LABEL  PROVIDING THE MAXIMUM MOTOR-ASSISTED SPEED, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS
FOR WHICH SUCH ELECTRIC SCOOTER IS  DESIGNED  AND  EQUIPPED,  AND  MOTOR
OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  PUNISHED  BY A CIVIL FINE OF UP TO FIFTY
DOLLARS. THE COURT SHALL WAIVE ANY FINE FOR WHICH A PERSON WHO  VIOLATES
THE  COURT  WITH  PROOF  THAT,  BETWEEN  THE  DATE ON WHICH HE OR SHE IS
CHARGED WITH HAVING VIOLATED THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE APPEARANCE DATE  FOR
SUCH  VIOLATION,  A MANUFACTURER'S LABEL WAS AFFIXED TO HIS OR HER ELEC-
WAIVER OF FINE SHALL NOT APPLY TO  A  SECOND  OR  SUBSEQUENT  CONVICTION
8.  (A)  THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, BY LOCAL
ELECTRIC SCOOTER SYSTEMS WITHIN SUCH CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE.  NO  SUCH
SHARED  SYSTEMS  SHALL  OPERATE WITHIN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE EXCEPT AS
AUTHORIZED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION.   NO
SUCH  SHARED ELECTRIC SCOOTER SYSTEM SHALL OPERATE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN
A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF NO LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX  THOUSAND  AND  NO MORE THAN ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
SEVEN THOUSAND AS OF THE TWO THOUSAND TEN DECENNIAL  CENSUS.    FOR  THE
PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE TERM SHARED ELECTRIC SCOOTER SYSTEM
SHALL MEAN A NETWORK OF SELF-SERVICE  AND  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ELECTRIC
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SCOOTERS,  AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, IN WHICH AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER TRIP
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THE PLACE WHERE SUCH PHYSICAL INJURY OCCURRED, STOP, AND PROVIDE HIS  OR
HER  NAME  AND  RESIDENCE,  INCLUDING  STREET  AND STREET NUMBER, TO THE
INJURED PARTY, IF PRACTICAL, AND ALSO TO A POLICE  OFFICER,  OR  IN  THE
WITHOUT REPORTING IN THE FIRST DEGREE. 1. ANY PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN  YEARS
3.  The prohibition or regulation of the use of any highway by partic-
ular vehicles or  classes  or  types  thereof,  BICYCLES  WITH  ELECTRIC
§  7-a.  Paragraph 3 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section seven of this act, is amended  to
§  8. The provisions of article 34-D of the vehicle and traffic law as
added by section six of this act shall not apply in a city with a  popu-
it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that sections three-a,
four-a and seven-a shall take effect on the two hundred  seventieth  day
after  this  act shall have become a law; provided, further that section
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ty days after it shall have become a law.   Effective  immediately,  the
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