New York A 271: Relates to cargo bicycles with electric assist

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A00271 Summary:

BILL NOA00271 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04471

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRColton, Tapia, Gonzalez-Rojas

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§102-c & 1242, V & T L

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Adds cargo bicycles with electric assist to the types of bicycles with electric assist regulated under the vehicle and traffic law; provides that no person shall operate a cargo bicycle with electric assist unless it is accompanied by proof of financial security unless otherwise authorized by local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation or pursuant to an agreement made on behalf of the city, town, or village.

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BILL NOA00271 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 271

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, COLTON, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to cargo bicy-
 cles 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-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 section 1 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 102-c. Bicycle with electric assist. A bicycle which is no more than
 5 thirty-six inches wide and has an electric motor of less than seven
 6 hundred fifty watts, equipped with operable pedals, meeting the equip-
 7 ment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the Consumer
 8 Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Part 1512.1 et seq., except
 9 that the governing body of any city, town or village may, by local law,
 10 ordinance, order, rule, or regulation allow a bicycle with electric
 11 assist which is equipped with operable pedals and no more than forty-
 12 eight inches wide or has an electric motor of equal to or more than
 13 seven hundred fifty watts that is manufactured or modified for the
 14 purpose of transporting property in commerce and operated for that
 15 purpose and meets the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicy-
 16 cles adopted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R.
 17 Part 1512.1 et seq., and meeting the requirements of one of the follow-
 18 ing [three] four classes:
 19 (a) "Class one bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric
 20 assist having an electric motor that provides assistance only when the
 21 person operating such bicycle is pedaling, and that ceases to provide
 22 assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.
 23 (b) "Class two bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric
 24 assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel
 25 such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such
 26 bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00592-01-5

 A. 271 2

 1 (c) "Class three bicycle with electric assist." Solely within a city
 2 having a population of one million or more, a bicycle with electric
 3 assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel
 4 such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such
 5 bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-five miles per hour.
 6 (d) "Cargo bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle designed to carry
 7 and deliver more than ten cubic feet of property, or a bicycle towing a
 8 trailer designed to carry property, with electric assist having an elec-
 9 tric motor that provides assistance only when the person operating such
 10 bicycle is pedaling or that may be used exclusively to propel such bicy-
 11 cle, that is manufactured or modified for the purpose of transporting
 12 property in commerce and operated for such purpose. Every person riding
 13 a cargo bicycle with electric assist upon a roadway shall be granted all
 14 of the rights and shall be subjec