New York S 2530: Prohibits the operation of a bicycle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

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S02530 Summary:

BILL NOS02530 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFELDER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1242-a, V & T L

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Prohibits the operation of a bicycle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; applies upon public highways, private roads open to motor vehicle traffic, any other parking lot, and sidewalks.

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/14/2025REFERENCE CHANGED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/27/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2530

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
 the operation of a bicycle while under the influence of alcohol or
 drugs

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1242-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 section 9 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 1242-a. Operation of a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while
 5 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 1. Offenses; criminal penal-
 6 ties. (a) Operating a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while
 7 ability impaired. No person shall operate a bicycle or bicycle with
 8 electric assist while the person's ability to operate such bicycle or
 9 bicycle with electric assist is impaired by the consumption of alcohol.
 10 (i) A violation of this paragraph shall be a traffic infraction and
 11 shall be punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or
 12 by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than
 13 fifteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 14 (ii) A person who operates a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist
 15 in violation of this paragraph after having been convicted of a
 16 violation of any paragraph of this subdivision within the preceding five
 17 years shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty
 18 dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days in a penitenti-
 19 ary or county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 20 (iii) A person who operates a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist
 21 in violation of this paragraph after being convicted two or more times
 22 of a violation of any paragraph of this subdivision within the preceding
 23 ten years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01938-01-5

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 1 fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment of not
 2 more than one hundred eighty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by
 3 both such fine and imprisonment.
 4 (b) Operating a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while intoxi-
 5 cated; per se. No person shall operate a bicycle or bicycle with elec-
 6 tric assist while such person has .08 of one per centum or more by
 7 weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of
 8 such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant to the
 9 provisions of subdivision five of this section.
 10 (c) Operating a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while intoxi-
 11 cated. No person shall operate a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist
 12 while in an intoxicated condition.
 13 (d) Operating a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while ability
 14 impaired by drugs. No person shall operate a bicycle or bicycle with
 15 electric assist while the person's ability to operate such bicycle or
 16 bicycle with electric assist is impaired by the use of a drug as defined
 17 in this chapter.
 18 (e) Operating a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist while ability
 19 impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of a