Bill Text: NY A07889 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-8)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-08 - print number 7889a [A07889 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07889-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7889--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 19, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. EACHUS, GUNTHER, COLTON, JACOBSON, SAYEGH, McDO-
          NOUGH, GRAY, DeSTEFANO, CHANG, ZINERMAN,  GALLAGHER,  SHIMSKY,  LUCAS,
          SIMONE,  TAYLOR,  ARDILA,  BENEDETTO,  K. BROWN, BLUMENCRANZ, BEEPHAN,
          LEMONDES, HYNDMAN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG, DAVILA, ZEBROWSKI  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommit-
          ted  to  the  Committee  on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
          batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric  scooters  to
          be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14.  Every  bicycle  with  electric  assist  shall  be equipped with a
     4  battery that has been tested and approved by and that contains the  seal
     5  of  the  Underwriters Laboratories, or any testing laboratory that is an
     6  International Organization for Standardization and  International  Elec-
     7  trotechnical Commission ("ISO/IEC") 17025 Accredited Independent Testing
     8  Laboratory, an ISO/IEC 17065 Accredited Certifying Body, or participates
     9  in  the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health
    10  Administration  Nationally  Recognized   Testing   Laboratory   ("NRTL")
    11  program.
    12    §  2. Section 1285 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    13  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    14    4. Every electric scooter shall be equipped with a  battery  that  has
    15  been tested and approved by and that contains the seal of the Underwrit-
    16  ers  Laboratories,  or  any  testing laboratory that is an International
    17  Organization  for  Standardization  and  International  Electrotechnical
    18  Commission  ("ISO/IEC") 17025 Accredited Independent Testing Laboratory,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11855-02-4
        A. 7889--A                          2

     1  an ISO/IEC 17065 Accredited Certifying  Body,  or  participates  in  the
     2  United  States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Admin-
     3  istration Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory ("NRTL") program.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.