Requires micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicycles with electric assist to have a red tag attached to the charging cord which states to unplug when not in use.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7760--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 17, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. CHU, ADDABBO, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, SKOUFIS -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer
Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
charging cords for micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicycles with
electric assist to have a red tag attached
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-nnn to read as follows:
3 § 399-nnn. Tags on charging cords of micromobility devices, mopeds,
4 and bicycles with electric assist. 1. No person, firm, partnership,
5 association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, assemble,
6 recondition, sell or offer for sale at retail any micromobility device,
7 moped, or bicycle with electric assist as defined in section one hundred
8 two-c of the vehicle and traffic law unless there is a red tag affixed
9 to the charging cord of such micromobility device, moped, or bicycle
10 with electric assist which clearly and conspicuously states "UNPLUG WHEN
11 NOT IN USE". Such tag shall include additional consumer safety informa-
12 tion regarding safe usage of the product and its charging equipment and
13 shall be affixed to the cord near the end which is plugged into the
14 electricity source.
15 2. The department of state shall promulgate rules and regulations
16 providing guidance on the consumer safety information required to be on
17 the tag pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
18 3. The department of state shall post a model tag containing the
19 information outlined in subdivision one of this section that persons,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 firms, partnerships, associations, and corporations can affix to such
2 charging cords as outlined in subdivision one of this section.
3 4. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
4 the following meanings:
5 (a) "Lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which an elec-
6 trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon carbo-
7 nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte.
8 (b) "Micromobility device" means an electric scooter as defined in
9 section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law, an elec-
10 trical personal assistive mobility device as defined in section one
11 hundred fourteen-d of the vehicle and traffic law, or other personal
12 mobility device equipped with a lithium-ion or other storage battery,
13 including, but not limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other similar
14 wheeled device. The term "micromobility device" shall not include bicy-
15 cles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the
16 vehicle and traffic law, wheelchairs or other electrically driven mobil-
17 ity assistance devices as defined in section one hundred thirty-a of the
18 vehicle and traffic law, or any vehicle that is capable of being regis-
19 tered with the department of motor vehicles.
20 (c) "Moped" means a limited use motorcycle as defined in section one
21 hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
