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A07916 Summary:

BILL NOA07916
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01372
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Jackson
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd Art 34 Art Head, add §1244, V & T L
 
Requires license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York city; requires a one time registration; requires a registration fee for such license plates.
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A07916 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7916
 
SPONSOR: Cunningham
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require all bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York City to have a license plate   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the title of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law. Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 1244 that requires bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York City to have a license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The license plate will have a distinctive number assigned to it that corresponds to a certificate of registration. The design of the license plate will be determined by the department and shall be conspicuously displayed. Section 3 provides for an immediate effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: On Apr. 25, 1901, New York Governor Benjamin Odell Jr. signed into law a bill requiring owners of motor vehicles to register with the state and have a license plate. It was the first state in the nation to require license plates for automobiles. As bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters grow in popularity, it is time for New York to once again lead the country by requiring these types of vehicles to have a distinctive license plate issued by the DMV. Opera- tors of bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters have all the same rights and are subject to all of the duties and regulations applicable to drivers of motor vehicles. For some reason, these rules do not extend to license plates, which are a simple way to better regulate and enforce the law for the growing number of bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters in New York City. Support is growing for license plates for bicycles, e-bikes and e-scoot- ers. "I think ideas like license plates certainly need to be consid- ered," said former Mayor de Blasio. "We're going into a new world where more and more people are. biking - and that's great - but in some ways we have to catch up with that reality, so I think that's the kind of idea that now needs to be explored."   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: S7206 - Referred to Transportation   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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