Bill Text: NY S03069 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires commercial bicyclists in New York city to wear helmets (meeting A.N.S.I. or Snell standards), display the required identifier only at the rear of the bicycle, and register with the local police precinct.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S03069 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03069-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3069
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HUNTLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation to the regulation of commercial bicyclists
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph 1 of subdivision  a  of
    2  section  10-157  of the administrative code of the city of New York, are
    3  amended and a new subdivision a-1 is added to read as follows:
    4    Every person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or  corpo-
    5  ration  which engages in the course of its business, either on behalf of
    6  itself or others, in delivering packages, parcels, papers or articles of
    7  any type by bicycle SHALL REGISTER EACH BICYCLE WITH  THE  LOCAL  POLICE
    8  PRECINCT  AND  shall provide identification of the business by requiring
    9  every bicycle or bicycle operator to be identified by:
   10    (1) affixing to the rear of each bicycle[, bicycle seat or both  sides
   11  of  the  delivery  basket,]  a  metal,  plastic, or other sign of a type
   12  approved by the police commissioner, with the name of the business and a
   13  three digit identification number which identifies the bicycle  operator
   14  in  lettering and numerals so as to be plainly readable at a distance of
   15  not less than ten feet and maintaining same in good  condition  thereon;
   16  and
   17    A-1. EVERY BICYCLE OPERATOR, WHILE ENGAGED IN BICYCLE OPERATION, SHALL
   18  WEAR  A  HELMET MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS
   19  INSTITUTE (ANSI Z 90.4 BICYCLE HELMET STANDARDS) OR THE  SNELL  MEMORIAL
   20  FOUNDATION'S STANDARDS FOR PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR FOR USE IN BICYCLING. FOR
   21  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WEARING A HELMET MEANS HAVING A HELMET
   22  OF GOOD FIT FASTENED SECURELY UPON THE HEAD WITH THE HELMET STRAPS.
   23    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   24  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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