Bill Text: NY A05430 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5430 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 18, 2011 ___________ 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. LBD08372-01-1