New York A 1546: Requires an updated photo to be taken in order to renew a driver's license

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A01546 Summary:

BILL NOA01546 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRLevenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§102, 159, 1202 & 1225-a, V & T L

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Establishes regulations for bicycles with electric assist.

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01/10/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1546

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to bicycles
 with electric assist

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

 1 Section 1. Section 102 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 2 chapter 931 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 102. Bicycle. Every two or three wheeled device upon which a person
 4 or persons may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or
 5 gears, with such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, except that it shall
 6 not include such a device having solid tires and intended for use only
 7 on a sidewalk by pre-teenage children. A bicycle includes a bicycle with
 8 electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of this article,
 9 provided that nothing in this article is intended to affect the ability
 10 of a local authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the
 11 operation of bicycles with electric assist.
 12 § 2. Section 159 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to read as
 13 follows:
 14 § 159. Vehicle. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or prop-
 15 erty is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices
 16 moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
 17 tracks, and bicycles with electric assist as defined in section one
 18 hundred two-c of this article.
 19 § 3. Subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1202
 20 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 206 of the laws of
 21 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 22 b. On a sidewalk, except that a bicycle may park on a sidewalk in a
 23 manner complying with the Americans with disabilities act, provided that
 24 such bicycle does not interfere with the normal and reasonable movement
 25 of pedestrian traffic;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04719-01-5

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 1 § 4. Section 1225-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chap-
 2 ter 222 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 1225-a. Driving on sidewalks. No person shall drive a motor vehicle
 4 or bicycle with electric assist on or across a sidewalk, except that a
 5 vehicle or bicycle with electric assist may be driven at a reasonable
 6 speed, but not more than five miles per hour, on or across a sidewalk in
 7 such manner as not to interfere with the safety and passage of pedestri-
 8 ans thereon, who shall have the right of way, when it is reasonable and
 9 necessary:
 10 (a) to gain access to a public highway, private way or lands or build-
 11 ings adjacent to such highway or way;
 12 (b) in the conduct of work upon a highway, or upon a private way or
 13 lands or buildings adjacent to such highway or way[,]; or
 14 (c) to plow snow or perform any other public service, for hire, or
 15 otherwise, which could not otherwise be reasonably and properly
 16 performed.
 17 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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