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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to the regulation of commercial bicyclists

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

  Section  1.  The opening paragraph and paragraph 1 of subdivision a of
section 10-157 of the administrative code of the city of New  York,  are
amended and a new subdivision a-1 is added to read as follows:
  Every  person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corpo-
ration which engages in the course of its business, either on behalf  of
itself or others, in delivering packages, parcels, papers or articles of
any  type  by  bicycle SHALL REGISTER EACH BICYCLE WITH THE LOCAL POLICE
PRECINCT AND shall provide identification of the business  by  requiring
every bicycle or bicycle operator to be identified by:
  (1)  affixing to the rear of each bicycle[, bicycle seat or both sides
of the delivery basket,] a metal, plastic,  or  other  sign  of  a  type
approved by the police commissioner, with the name of the business and a
three  digit identification number which identifies the bicycle operator
in lettering and numerals so as to be plainly readable at a distance  of
not  less  than ten feet and maintaining same in good condition thereon;
and
  A-1. EVERY BICYCLE OPERATOR, WHILE ENGAGED IN BICYCLE OPERATION, SHALL
WEAR A HELMET MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN  NATIONAL  STANDARDS
INSTITUTE  (ANSI  Z 90.4 BICYCLE HELMET STANDARDS) OR THE SNELL MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION'S STANDARDS FOR PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR FOR USE IN BICYCLING. FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WEARING A HELMET MEANS HAVING A HELMET
OF GOOD FIT FASTENED SECURELY UPON THE HEAD WITH THE HELMET STRAPS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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

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