New York A 2363: Relates to the licensing, registration, purchase, insurance and training for low velocity electric vehicles

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A02363 Summary:

BILL NOA02363 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSOREichenstein

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Amd §§501, 510-b, 502 & 504, add Art 12-E §§399-aa - 399-gg, §§401-c, 1225-e & 1290, V & T L; amd §5103, Ins
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Establishes new classes of vehicle driver's licenses for low velocity electric vehicles; establishes a low velocity electric vehicle operator's safety manual, test requirement, purchase requirements and registration requirement; relates to requiring instruction in low velocity electric vehicles safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for low velocity electric vehicles in cities having a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOA02363 

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01/16/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2363

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 new classes of vehicle driver's licenses for low velocity electric
 vehicles; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to estab-
 lishing a low velocity electric vehicle operator's safety manual test
 requirement, purchase requirements and registration requirement; to
 amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring instruc-
 tion in low velocity electric vehicles safety as part of the drivers
 pre-licensing course; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the
 insurance law, in relation to requiring liability insurance for low
 velocity electric vehicles in cities having a population of one
 million or more

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the
 2 vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (ix)
 3 and (x) to read as follows:
 4 (ix) Class S. Such license shall be valid to operate any low velocity
 5 electric vehicle as defined in section three hundred ninety-nine-aa of
 6 this chapter by a person over eighteen years of age.
 7 (x) Class SJ. Such license shall be valid to operate any low velocity
 8 electric vehicle as defined in section three hundred ninety-nine-aa of
 9 this chapter by a person over sixteen years of age, but under eighteen
 10 years of age. Such license shall automatically become a class S license
 11 when the holder becomes eighteen years of age.
 12 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the vehicle and
 13 traffic law, as added by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, subparagraph
 14 (i) as amended by chapter 36 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 15 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02888-01-5

 A. 2363 2

 1 (d) Exceptions. (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
 2 subdivision, a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than a
 3 motorcycle, that is (A) a military vehicle operated by a member of the
 4 armed forces, or (B) a police vehicle or fire vehicle during its use in
 5 an emergency operation as defined in section one hundred fourteen-b of
 6 this chapter, or in the performance of official duties, or activities
 7 related to the execution of emergency governmental functions pursuant to
 8 section 383.3 (d)(2) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations, or
 9 (C) a vehicle owned and identified as being owned by the state or a
 10 political subdivision thereof or an ambulance service as defined in
 11 subdivision two of section three thousand one of the public health law
 12 or a voluntary ambulance service as defined in subdivision three of such
 13 section and used to provide emergency medical service as defined in
 14 section three thousand one of the public health law, or to perform offi-
 15 cial duties, or activities related to the execution of emergency govern-
 16 mental