S3161-2011 Actions

• Feb 10, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S3161-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3161

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to commercial bicycles

PURPOSE SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would require all bicycles used for commercial purposes to
be registered.

JUSTIFICATION:

Every bicycle engaged in commercial business in the state, including
bicycle messenger services, and bicycle delivery services connected
to restaurants, pharmacies, grocery, drug or any other retail stores
shall be registered and identified as a commercial bicycle, as
provided in this section. Such a commercial bicycle shall be issued a
license plate identifying it as a "commercial bicycle". An operator
of a commercial bicycle must have a form of identification providing
his or her name, and be required to wear bicycle helmets, obtain
property and casualty insurance to cover anyone who operates a
commercial bicycle. All commercial bicycles shall be equipped with
safety features, including, but not limited to, reflectors or lights
for night time operation. Failure to register a commercial bicycle or
to comply with any other provision of this section shall constitute a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than twenty days.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S3161-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3161
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 10, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  commercial
 bicycles
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 401-c to read as follows:

 

S 401-C. REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLES. EVERY BICYCLE ENGAGED IN
 COMMERCIAL  BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING BICYCLE MESSENGER SERVICES
 AND BICYCLE DELIVERY  SERVICES  CONNECTED  TO  RESTAURANTS,  PHARMACIES,
 GROCERY,  DRUG OR ANY OTHER RETAIL STORES, SHALL BE REGISTERED AND IDEN
 TIFIED AS A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE, AS PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  A
 COMMERCIAL  BICYCLE  SHALL BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE IDENTIFYING IT AS A
 "COMMERCIAL BICYCLE". AN OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE  MUST  HAVE  A
 FORM  OF IDENTIFICATION PROVIDING HIS OR HER NAME.  REGISTRANTS SHALL BE
 ISSUED REGISTRATION CARDS WHICH MUST BE CARRIED WHILE OPERATING A  BICY
 CLE  FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A LIST OF TRAF
 FIC REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BICYCLE OPERATION FOR EACH BICYCLE  REGIS
 TERED.  ALL  COMMERCIAL BICYCLES SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY FEATURES,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REFLECTORS OR LIGHTS FOR NIGHTTIME OPERA
 TION. ALL OPERATORS OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLES SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO  WEAR
 BICYCLE  HELMETS.  REGISTRANTS SHALL OBTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSUR
 ANCE TO COVER ANYONE WHO  OPERATES  A  COMMERCIAL  BICYCLE.  FAILURE  TO
 REGISTER  A  COMMERCIAL BICYCLE OR TO COMPLY WITH ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF  NOT
 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN TWEN
 TY DAYS.
 

S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00652-01-1

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