Bill Text: NY S03912 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes an amnesty program for any person who has received a ticket for operation of an electric assisted bicycle and provides an exception from the registration requirement of motor vehicles for electric assisted bicycles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03912 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03912-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3912 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing an amnesty program for any person who has received a ticket for opera- tion of an electric assisted bicycle and providing an exception from the registration requirement of motor vehicles for electric assisted bicycles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof 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 § 401-c. Electric assisted bicycle amnesty program. 1. Notwithstand- 4 ing any provision of law to the contrary, the department of motor vehi- 5 cles shall establish an amnesty program for any individual who has been 6 issued a ticket for a violation of section four hundred one of this 7 article while operating an electric assisted bicycle. Such amnesty 8 program shall allow any person charged with a fine, fee or other penalty 9 for a violation of section four hundred one of this article to have such 10 fine, fee or other penalty waived for a period of three hundred sixty- 11 five days from the establishment of such amnesty program. 12 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, it shall not 13 be a violation of section four hundred one of this article for an elec- 14 tric assisted bicycle to be operated or driven upon the public highways 15 of this state without first being registered in accordance with the 16 provisions of this article. 17 3. As used in this section, the term "electric assisted bicycle" shall 18 mean a bicycle with two or three wheels which has a saddle and fully 19 operative pedals for human propulsion and also has an electric motor. 20 The electric assisted bicycle's electric motor shall: have a power 21 output of less than seven hundred fifty watts; have a maximum speed of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03402-01-1S. 3912 2 1 less than twenty miles per hour on a paved level surface when powered 2 solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs one 3 hundred seventy pounds; and be incapable of further increasing the speed 4 of the device when human power is used to propel the device at or more 5 than twenty miles per hour. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 7 deemed repealed one year after such date.
