Sponsor: KRUGER

Same as: A863

Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law

S4336 Summary

S4336 Actions

"Same as" Actions for Bill A863
Jan 7, 2009 referred to transportation

S4336 Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S4336

 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.

S4336 Text

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________

                                         4336

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                    April 22, 2009
                                      ___________

       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:

    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 401-c to read as follows:
    3    S 401-C. REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLES. EVERY BICYCLE ENGAGED IN
    4  COMMERCIAL  BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING BICYCLE MESSENGER SERVICES
    5  AND BICYCLE DELIVERY  SERVICES  CONNECTED  TO  RESTAURANTS,  PHARMACIES,
    6  GROCERY,  DRUG OR ANY OTHER RETAIL STORES, SHALL BE REGISTERED AND IDEN-
    7  TIFIED AS A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE, AS PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  A
    8  COMMERCIAL  BICYCLE  SHALL BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE IDENTIFYING IT AS A
    9  "COMMERCIAL BICYCLE". AN OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL BICYCLE  MUST  HAVE  A
   10  FORM  OF IDENTIFICATION PROVIDING HIS OR HER NAME.  REGISTRANTS SHALL BE
   11  ISSUED REGISTRATION CARDS WHICH MUST BE CARRIED WHILE OPERATING A  BICY-
   12  CLE  FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A LIST OF TRAF-
   13  FIC REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BICYCLE OPERATION FOR EACH BICYCLE  REGIS-
   14  TERED.  ALL  COMMERCIAL BICYCLES SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY FEATURES,
   15  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REFLECTORS OR LIGHTS FOR NIGHTTIME OPERA-
   16  TION. ALL OPERATORS OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLES SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO  WEAR
   17  BICYCLE  HELMETS.  REGISTRANTS SHALL OBTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSUR-
   18  ANCE TO COVER ANYONE WHO  OPERATES  A  COMMERCIAL  BICYCLE.  FAILURE  TO
   19  REGISTER  A  COMMERCIAL BICYCLE OR TO COMPLY WITH ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
   20  THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF  NOT
   21  MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN TWEN-
   22  TY DAYS.
   23    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law.

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02685-01-9