A09193 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09193 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Zaccaro |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §§1243-a & 1290, V & T L | |
| Requires entities which operate a system of shared electric bicycles or scooters to impose penalties for failure of an operator or borrower to return a shared electric scooter or bicycle to a proper location. | |
A09193 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9193 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to penalties for failure of an operator to return shared electric scooters and bicycles to a proper location 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 1243-a to read as follows: 3 § 1243-a. Penalties. Any shared bicycle with electric assist system, 4 as defined in this article, operating within this state shall impose 5 monetary penalties on any user or borrower who fails to return a shared 6 bicycle with electric assist to a proper location as specified, desig- 7 nated or directed by the system. Such penalty shall be imposed daily 8 until the device is returned to the proper location. 9 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 10 1290 to read as follows: 11 § 1290. Penalties. Any shared electric scooter system operating within 12 this state shall impose monetary penalties on any user or borrower who 13 fails to return a shared electric scooter to a proper location as speci- 14 fied, designated or directed by the system. Such penalty shall be 15 imposed daily until the device is returned to the proper location. The 16 term shared electric scooter system shall mean a network of self-service 17 and publicly available electric scooters in which an electric scooter 18 trip begins and/or ends on any public highway. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13903-01-5