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A09604 Summary:

BILL NOA09604
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORGlick
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §391-cc, Gen Bus L
 
Prohibits the sale of bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters unless they are equipped with a fireproof battery container for the safe storage of the battery used as the principal electric power source.
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A09604 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9604
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 26, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  sale  of
          bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  391-cc to read as follows:
     3    § 391-cc. Sale of bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters.
     4  1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have  the
     5  following meanings:
     6    (a)  "Bicycle  with  electric  assist"  shall have the same meaning as
     7  defined by section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law.
     8    (b) "Electric scooter" shall have  the  same  meaning  as  defined  by
     9  section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law.
    10    (c)  "Fireproof  battery container" shall mean a bag, box, blanket, or
    11  other means of containing or covering a battery used  as  the  principal
    12  electric  power  source  for  a bicycle with electric assist or electric
    13  scooter that is capable of resisting the effect of fire  involving  such
    14  batteries  and  meets  all  minimum  specifications as determined by the
    15  division of homeland security and emergency services pursuant to  subdi-
    16  vision three of this section.
    17    2. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
    18  ny,  corporation,  or other entity shall sell or offer to sell a bicycle
    19  with electric assist or electric scooter to a consumer unless such bicy-
    20  cle with electric assist or electric scooter is sold  with  a  fireproof
    21  battery  container for the safe storage of the battery used as the prin-
    22  cipal electric power source.
    23    3. The division of homeland  security  and  emergency  services  shall
    24  determine the minimum specifications and performance standards for fire-
    25  proof battery containers under this section.
    26    4.  A  violation  of this section shall be punishable by a fine of two
    27  hundred fifty dollars for a first violation, and  five  hundred  dollars
    28  for each subsequent violation.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14895-01-4

        A. 9604                             2
 
     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
     2  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
     3  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
     4  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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