Bill Text: NY S00154 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4938D [S00154 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00154-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         154--F

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  CHU,  FERNANDEZ,  GIANARIS,  GONZALEZ,
          GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, RAMOS -- read  twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on  Consumer Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to first and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
          -- 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  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
          and  sale  of  lithium-ion batteries for use in light electric-powered
          vehicles, personal electric mobility devices and limited use  motorcy-
          cles

          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 article
     2  28-G to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 28-G
     4         BATTERIES FOR MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC
     5                     ASSIST, AND LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES

     6  Section 495.   Definitions.
     7          495-a. Sale of lithium-ion batteries and second-use  lithium-ion
     8                   batteries.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01104-09-4

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     1    § 495. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
     2  have the following meanings:
     3    1.  "Lithium-ion battery" means a rechargeable battery with an organic
     4  solvent electrolyte and positive and negative electrodes  which  utilize
     5  an intercalation compound in which lithium is stored.
     6    2.  "Second-use  lithium-ion battery" means a lithium-ion battery that
     7  has been assembled, refurbished, repaired, repurposed  or  reconditioned
     8  using cells removed from used batteries.
     9    3.  "Micromobility  device"  means  an  electric scooter as defined in
    10  section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law, an  elec-
    11  trical  personal  assistive  mobility  device  as defined in section one
    12  hundred fourteen-d of the vehicle and traffic  law,  or  other  personal
    13  mobility  device  powered  by  a  lithium-ion battery, including but not
    14  limited to a skateboard or unicycle.  The  term  "micromobility  device"
    15  shall  not  include  bicycles with electric assist as defined in section
    16  one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, limited  use  motorcy-
    17  cles  as defined in section one hundred  twenty-one-b of the vehicle and
    18  traffic law, wheelchairs or other electrically driven  mobility  assist-
    19  ance  devices  as defined in section one hundred thirty-a of the vehicle
    20  and traffic law, or any vehicle that is capable of being registered with
    21  the department of motor vehicles.
    22    4.   "Accredited testing laboratory"  means  a  nationally  recognized
    23  testing  laboratory as recognized by the federal occupational safety and
    24  health administration or an independent laboratory that has been  certi-
    25  fied by an accrediting body to ISO 17025 or ISO 17065.
    26    § 495-a. Sale  of  lithium-ion  batteries  and  second-use lithium-ion
    27  batteries. 1. (a) No person, firm, partnership, association,  or  corpo-
    28  ration  shall  manufacture,  distribute,  assemble, recondition, sell or
    29  offer for sale, lease, or rent a lithium-ion  battery  or  a  second-use
    30  lithium-ion  battery  either as part of or intended for use in a bicycle
    31  with electric assist as defined in section  one  hundred  two-c  of  the
    32  vehicle  and  traffic  law  or  for  use  in a limited use motorcycle as
    33  defined in section one hundred twenty-one-b of the  vehicle and  traffic
    34  law unless the lithium-ion battery or second-use lithium-ion battery has
    35  been certified by an accredited testing laboratory for compliance with a
    36  battery  standard  referenced  in  UL 2849, UL 2271 or EN 15194, or such
    37  other safety standard approved by the department of  state  pursuant  to
    38  regulation.    Such certification or the logo, wordmark, or name of such
    39  accredited  testing  laboratory  shall  be  displayed  on  packaging  or
    40  documentation  at  the  time of sale for the product and directly on the
    41  product itself.
    42    (b) No person, firm, partnership, association,  or  corporation  shall
    43  manufacture,  distribute, assemble, recondition, sell or offer for sale,
    44  lease, or rent a lithium-ion battery or a second-use lithium-ion battery
    45  either as part of or intended for use in a micromobility  device  unless
    46  the  lithium-ion  battery  or  second-use  lithium-ion  battery has been
    47  certified by an accredited testing laboratory  for  compliance  with  UL
    48  2271  or  UL 2272, or such other safety standard approved by the depart-
    49  ment of state pursuant to regulation.  Such certification or  the  logo,
    50  wordmark,  or  name  of  such  accredited  testing  laboratory  shall be
    51  displayed on packaging or documentation at the  time  of  sale  for  the
    52  product and directly on the product itself.
    53    2. A person who violates subdivision one of this section is liable for
    54  a civil penalty as follows:
    55    (a)  for  the  first  violation, a civil penalty of not more than five
    56  hundred dollars; and

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     1    (b) for each subsequent violation issued for the same  offense  within
     2  two  years of the date of a first violation, a civil penalty of not more
     3  than one thousand dollars.
     4    3.  Each  failure  to comply with subdivision one of this section with
     5  respect to each separate lithium-ion battery or  second-use  lithium-ion
     6  battery constitutes a separate violation.
     7    4. The district attorney, county attorney, and the corporation counsel
     8  shall  have concurrent authority to seek the relief in this section, and
     9  all civil penalties obtained in any such action  shall  be  retained  by
    10  such municipality or county.
    11    5.  The  department of state may promulgate rules and regulations that
    12  provide for any additional acceptable  safety  standard  relating  to  a
    13  lithium-ion battery or second-use lithium-ion battery.
    14    6.  Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to authorize the
    15  operation of any bicycle with electric assist, limited  use  motorcycle,
    16  or  micromobility  device  on public roads, private roads open to public
    17  motor vehicle traffic, or any parking lot unless the operation  of  such
    18  bicycle  with electric assist, limited use motorcycles, or micromobility
    19  device thereon is authorized pursuant to the provisions of  the  vehicle
    20  and  traffic  law  and  such  bicycle  with electric assist, limited use
    21  motorcycle, or micromobility device is in compliance with such law.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.
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