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A07916 Summary:

BILL NOA07916
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01372
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Jackson
 
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 Actions:

BILL NOA07916
 
08/04/2023referred to transportation
01/03/2024referred to transportation
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A07916 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7916
 
SPONSOR: Cunningham
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require all bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York City to have a license plate   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the title of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law. Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 1244 that requires bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York City to have a license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The license plate will have a distinctive number assigned to it that corresponds to a certificate of registration. The design of the license plate will be determined by the department and shall be conspicuously displayed. Section 3 provides for an immediate effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: On Apr. 25, 1901, New York Governor Benjamin Odell Jr. signed into law a bill requiring owners of motor vehicles to register with the state and have a license plate. It was the first state in the nation to require license plates for automobiles. As bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters grow in popularity, it is time for New York to once again lead the country by requiring these types of vehicles to have a distinctive license plate issued by the DMV. Opera- tors of bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters have all the same rights and are subject to all of the duties and regulations applicable to drivers of motor vehicles. For some reason, these rules do not extend to license plates, which are a simple way to better regulate and enforce the law for the growing number of bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters in New York City. Support is growing for license plates for bicycles, e-bikes and e-scoot- ers. "I think ideas like license plates certainly need to be consid- ered," said former Mayor de Blasio. "We're going into a new world where more and more people are. biking - and that's great - but in some ways we have to catch up with that reality, so I think that's the kind of idea that now needs to be explored."   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: S7206 - Referred to Transportation   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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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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