STATE OF NEW YORK
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3964
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters used in deliveries
in certain cities be registered with the department of motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1244 to read as follows:
3 § 1244. Registration of bicycles with electric assist used in deliv-
4 eries. 1. In a city of one million or more, every bicycle with electric
5 assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of this chapter which is
6 used by a person to make commercial deliveries, either as an employee or
7 as an independent contractor, shall be registered and issued a number
8 plate by the department. No person shall use a bicycle with electric
9 assist in such city for the purpose of making commercial deliveries
10 unless such bicycle with electric assist shall have a distinctive number
11 assigned to it by the commissioner and a number plate issued by the
12 commissioner with a number corresponding to that of the certificate of
13 registration.
14 2. Such number plates shall be of such material, form, design and
15 dimensions and contain or set forth such distinguishing number or other
16 identification marks as the commissioner shall prescribe, provided,
17 however, that there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the
18 color of the number plates and that of the numerals or letters thereon.
19 3. Each such number plate shall be conspicuously displayed on the rear
20 of the bicycle, securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swing-
21 ing.
22 4. A fee of up to twenty-five dollars for such number plates may be
23 charged by the commissioner. Such fee shall be paid by the company which
24 employs or contracts with the owner or operator of the bicycle with
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 electric assist to make deliveries of their goods, products or services.
2 A company which is a third-party delivery platform through which the
3 delivery of products or services are arranged shall be responsible for
4 the fee for the number plates under this section for each delivery
5 person it contracts with. Where an owner or operator of a bicycle with
6 electric assist is employed by or contracts with more than one company
7 or third-party delivery platform the commissioner shall prorate the
8 costs and refund each company or platform a portion of such cost.
9 5. Number plates shall be renewed every five years. Where an owner or
10 operator of a bicycle with electric assist terminates employment or
11 ceases their contractual arrangement with a third-party delivery plat-
12 form, such person shall notify the department within ninety days.
13 6. A fine of five hundred dollars shall be imposed upon any company
14 which employs or contracts with the owner or operator of the bicycle
15 with electric assist which fails to register in violation of this
16 section.
17 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
18 1290 to read as follows:
19 § 1290. Registration of electric scooters used in deliveries. 1. In a
20 city of one million or more, every electric scooter as defined in
21 section one hundred fourteen-e of this chapter which is used by a person
22 to make commercial deliveries, either as an employee or as an independ-
23 ent contractor, shall be registered and issued a number plate by the
24 department. No person shall use an electric scooter in such city for the
25 purpose of making commercial deliveries unless such electric scooter
26 shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by the commissioner and a
27 number plate issued by the commissioner with a number corresponding to
28 that of the certificate of registration.
29 2. Such number plates shall be of such material, form, design and
30 dimensions and contain or set forth such distinguishing number or other
31 identification marks as the commissioner shall prescribe, provided,
32 however, that there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the
33 color of the number plates and that of the numerals or letters thereon.
34 3. Each such number plate shall be conspicuously displayed on the rear
35 of the electric scooter, securely fastened so as to prevent the same
36 from swinging.
37 4. A fee of up to twenty-five dollars for such number plates may be
38 charged by the commissioner. Such fee shall be paid by the company
39 which employs or contracts with the owner or operator of the electric
40 scooter to make deliveries of their goods, products or services. A
41 company which is a third-party delivery platform through which the
42 delivery of products or services are arranged shall be responsible for
43 the fee for the number plates under this section for each delivery
44 person it contracts with. Where an owner or operator of an electric
45 scooter is employed by or contracts with more than one company or third-
46 party delivery platform the commissioner shall prorate the costs and
47 refund each company or platform a portion of such cost.
48 5. Number plates shall be renewed every five years. Where an owner or
49 operator of an electric scooter terminates employment or ceases their
50 contractual arrangement with a third-party delivery platform, such
51 person shall notify the department within ninety days.
52 6. A fine of five hundred dollars shall be imposed upon any company
53 which employs or contracts with the owner or operator of an electric
54 scooter which fails to register in violation of this section.
55 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
56 law.
