Bill Text: NY A05430 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the registration of commercial bicycles; provides for a license fee of fifty dollars; requires casualty insurance for such bicycles.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A05430 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05430-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5430
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  regis-
         tration  of  commercial  bicycles  and requires casualty insurance for
         such bicycles
         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 401-c to read as follows:
    3    S 401-C. REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLES. EVERY COMMERCIAL BICYCLE
    4  SHALL BE REGISTERED, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.   COMMERCIAL  BICYCLES
    5  SHALL BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE IDENTIFYING IT AS A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE.
    6    COMMERCIAL  BICYCLES  SHALL  BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE UPON PASSING AN
    7  INSPECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE  INSPECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  THE
    8  BICYCLE  CONFORMS  WITH  THE  LAMP AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
    9  TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.  THE  FEE  FOR  SUCH  LICENSE
   10  PLATES SHALL BE FIFTY DOLLARS.
   11    1. AN OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE MUST HAVE A FORM OF IDENTIFICA-
   12  TION PROVIDING HIS OR HER NAME. REGISTRANTS SHALL BE ISSUED REGISTRATION
   13  CARDS  WHICH  MUST  BE  CARRIED WHILE OPERATING A BICYCLE FOR COMMERCIAL
   14  PURPOSES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ISSUE  A  LIST  OF  TRAFFIC  REGULATIONS
   15  PERTAINING TO BICYCLE OPERATION FOR EACH BICYCLE REGISTERED.
   16    2.  REGISTRANTS  SHALL OBTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE TO COVER
   17  ANYONE WHO OPERATES A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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