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A06681 Summary:

BILL NOA06681
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSimon
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 102, 159, 1202 & 1225-a, V & T L
 
Establishes regulations for such bicycles with electric assist.
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A06681 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6681
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 28, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  bicycles
          with electric assist
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 102 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 931 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 102. Bicycle.  Every two or three wheeled device upon which a person
     4  or persons may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or
     5  gears, with such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, except  that  it  shall
     6  not  include  such a device having solid tires and intended for use only
     7  on a sidewalk by pre-teenage children. A bicycle includes a bicycle with
     8  electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of this article,
     9  provided that nothing in this article is intended to affect the  ability
    10  of  a  local authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the
    11  operation of bicycles with electric assist.
    12    § 2. Section 159 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to read  as
    13  follows:
    14    § 159. Vehicle. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or prop-
    15  erty  is  or  may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices
    16  moved by human power  or  used  exclusively  upon  stationary  rails  or
    17  tracks,  and  bicycles  with  electric  assist as defined in section one
    18  hundred two-c of this article.
    19    § 3. Subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section  1202
    20  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 206 of the laws of
    21  2020, is amended to read as follows:
    22    b.  On  a  sidewalk, except that a bicycle may park on a sidewalk in a
    23  manner complying with the Americans with disabilities act, provided that
    24  such bicycle does not interfere with the normal and reasonable  movement
    25  of pedestrian traffic;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09735-01-3

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     1    §  4. Section 1225-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chap-
     2  ter 222 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1225-a. Driving  on sidewalks. No person shall drive a motor vehicle
     4  or bicycle with electric assist on or across a sidewalk, except  that  a
     5  vehicle  or  bicycle  with electric assist may be driven at a reasonable
     6  speed, but not more than five miles per hour, on or across a sidewalk in
     7  such manner as not to interfere with the safety and passage of pedestri-
     8  ans thereon, who shall have the right of way, when it is reasonable  and
     9  necessary:
    10    (a) to gain access to a public highway, private way or lands or build-
    11  ings adjacent to such highway or way;
    12    (b)  in  the  conduct of work upon a highway, or upon a private way or
    13  lands or buildings adjacent to such highway or way[,]; or
    14    (c) to plow snow or perform any other public  service,  for  hire,  or
    15  otherwise,   which  could  not  otherwise  be  reasonably  and  properly
    16  performed.
    17    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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