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A06960 Summary:

A06960 Actions:

A06960 Committee Votes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION   Chair:Kavanagh      
DATE:05/02/2017AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Kavanagh
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Abbate
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Quart
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Stec
Aye
Solages
Aye
Simon
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Niou
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Williams
Absent

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/11/2018AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Curran
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Titus
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
O'Donnell
Excused
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Excused
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/18/2018AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A06960 Floor Votes:

A06960 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6960--B
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 28, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,
          sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the  general  business  law,  in  relation  to  labeling
          requirements for electric assisted bicycles
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-ggg to read as follows:
     3    § 399-ggg. Labeling of electric assisted bicycles. 1. No person, firm,
     4  or corporation shall sell or offer  for  sale  at  retail  any  electric
     5  assisted  bicycle  unless  there is printed on the package in which such
     6  electric assisted bicycle is sold or  offered  for  sale  a  conspicuous
     7  notice  stating  "The  operation of electric assisted bicycles on public
     8  highways, roads and sidewalks may be unlawful.  Please check your  state
     9  and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations regarding use of  this
    10  electric assisted bicycle on public highways, roads and sidewalks."
    11    2.  For  purposes  of this section, the following terms shall have the
    12  following meanings:
    13    (a) "Public highway" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
    14  one hundred thirty-four of the vehicle and traffic law.
    15    (b) "Sidewalk" shall have the same meaning as defined in  section  one
    16  hundred forty-four of the vehicle and traffic law.
    17    (c) "Electric assisted bicycle" shall mean a bicycle with two or three
    18  wheels  which  has a saddle and fully operative pedals for human propul-
    19  sion and also has an electric motor.  The  electric  assisted  bicycle's
    20  electric  motor  shall:  have  a power output of less than seven hundred
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10327-07-8
        A. 6960--B                          2
 
     1  fifty watts; have a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour  on
     2  a  paved  level surface when powered solely by such a motor while ridden
     3  by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds; and  be  incapable
     4  of  further  increasing the speed of the device when human power is used
     5  to propel the device at or more than twenty miles per hour.
     6    3. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penal-
     7  ty not to exceed five hundred dollars.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.