File #: Int 0758-2022    Version: * Name: Requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 10/12/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered
Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Inna Vernikov, Kalman Yeger , Amanda Farías, Kevin C. Riley, Justin L. Brannan, James F. Gennaro, Marjorie Velázquez, Lynn C. Schulman, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Julie Menin, Oswald Feliz, Farah N. Louis, Mercedes Narcisse, Erik D. Bottcher, Kamillah Hanks, Linda Lee, Eric Dinowitz, Sandra Ung, Nantasha M. Williams, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Keith Powers , Chi A. Ossé, Charles Barron, Darlene Mealy, Althea V. Stevens, Diana I. Ayala, Shaun Abreu, Joann Ariola , Vickie Paladino, Ari Kagan, David M. Carr, Joseph C. Borelli
Council Member Sponsors: 33
Summary: This bill would require every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter, and other legal motorized vehicle that is not otherwise required to be registered with the DMV, to be registered with DOT and receive an identifying number which would be displayed on a visible plate affixed to the vehicle.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 758, 2. Int. No. 758, 3. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022
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12/31/2023*Robert F. Holden City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 758

 

By Council Members Holden, Vernikov, Yeger, Farías, Riley, Brannan, Gennaro, Velázquez, Schulman, Sanchez, Menin, Feliz, Louis, Narcisse, Bottcher, Hanks, Lee, Dinowitz, Ung, Williams, Salamanca, Powers, Ossé, Barron, Mealy, Stevens, Ayala, Abreu, Ariola, Paladino, Kagan, Carr and Borelli

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-176.4 to read as follows:

§ 19-176.4 Licensing and registration of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters and other legal motorized vehicles. a. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Bicycle with electric assist. The term “bicycle with electric assist” means any electric bicycle as defined in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

Electric scooter. The term “electric scooter” means any electric scooter as defined in section 114-e of the vehicle and traffic law.

Other legal motorized vehicle. The term “other legal motorized vehicle” means any wheeled device powered by an electric motor or by a gasoline motor that may be legally operated in the city, is not capable of being registered with the New York state department of motor vehicles and is not a bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter.

b. Every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle shall be registered with the commissioner and provided a distinctive identification number and a license plate corresponding to that distinctive identification number.

c. The license plate issued pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be of such material, form, design and dimensions and contain such distinguishing number as the commissioner shall prescribe, provided, however, that there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the plate and that of the numerals or letters thereon. Each such plate shall identify whether the bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter or other legal motorized vehicle is personal or commercial in nature. The fee for such plate shall be determined by the commissioner.

d. The license plate issued pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be conspicuously displayed on the rear of the bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter or other legal motorized vehicle, and securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging. No bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter or other legal motorized vehicle shall display any plate other than that issued by the commissioner.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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