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A07916 Summary:

BILL NOA07916
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01372
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Jackson, Paulin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd Art 34 Art Head, add §1244, V & T L
 
Requires license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York city; requires a one time registration; requires a registration fee for such license plates.
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A07916 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7916
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     August 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          license  plates  for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and elec-
          tric scooters
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and traf-
     2  fic law, as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4            REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY DEVICES
     5    §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
     6  1244 to read as follows:
     7    § 1244. Registration of bicycles, bicycles with electric  assist,  and
     8  electric  scooters. a.   In a city having a population of one million or
     9  more, every bicycle as defined in section one hundred two of this  chap-
    10  ter,  bicycle  with  electric  assist  as defined in section one hundred
    11  two-c of this chapter and electric scooter as  defined  in  section  one
    12  hundred  fourteen-e  of  this  chapter  shall be registered and issued a
    13  license plate by the department. In a city having a  population  of  one
    14  million  or  more, no person shall operate a bicycle, bicycle with elec-
    15  tric assist or electric scooter on the public highways unless such bicy-
    16  cle, bicycle with electric assist  or  electric  scooter  shall  have  a
    17  distinctive number assigned to it by the commissioner and a number plate
    18  issued  by  the  commissioner with a number corresponding to that of the
    19  certificate of registration.
    20    b. Such license plates shall be of such  material,  form,  design  and
    21  dimensions  and contain or set forth such distinguishing number or other
    22  identification marks as  the  commissioner  shall  prescribe,  provided,
    23  however,  that there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the
    24  color of the number plates and that of the numerals or letters  thereon,
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02956-01-3

        A. 7916                             2
 
     1  and  provided  further  that no bicycle, bicycle with electric assist or
     2  electric scooter shall display the number plates of more than one  state
     3  at  a  time,  nor shall any plate be used other than those issued by the
     4  commissioner.
     5    c. Each such license plate shall identify whether the bicycle, bicycle
     6  with  electric  assist  or electric scooter is personal or commercial in
     7  nature.
     8    d. Each such license plate shall be  conspicuously  displayed  on  the
     9  rear  of  the bicycle, bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter,
    10  securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging.
    11    e. The fee for such license plates shall be a nominal  fee  determined
    12  by the commissioner.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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