Senate Bill S9419

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the reporting of certain accidents involving electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist

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Current Bill Status Via A7628 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9419 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7628
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§603, 603-a, 604 & 605, V & T L

2023-S9419 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the reporting of certain accidents involving vehicles, including electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist; requires reports to include information indicating whether certain accidents involved electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist.

2023-S9419 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9419 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9419
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, ADDABBO, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reporting
   accidents involving  electric  scooters  and  bicycles  with  electric
   assist
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 603 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 432 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Every police or judicial officer to whom an accident  resulting  in
 injury  to  a person shall have been reported, pursuant to the foregoing
 provisions of this chapter OR PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTIONS
 TWELVE HUNDRED FORTY OR TWELVE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER INVOLV-
 ING  A  BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC  ASSIST OR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTIONS TWELVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN OR TWELVE HUNDRED  EIGHTY-EIGHT  OF
 THIS CHAPTER, shall immediately investigate the facts, or cause the same
 to be investigated, and report the matter to the commissioner forthwith;
 provided, however, that the report of the accident is made to the police
 officer or judicial officer within five days after such accident.  Every
 coroner,  or  other  official  performing like functions, shall likewise
 make a report to the commissioner with respect to all  deaths  found  to
 have  been the result of motor vehicle [or], motorcycle, ELECTRIC SCOOT-
 ER, OR BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST accidents. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE TYPE OR TYPES OF VEHICLES INVOLVED,  INCLUDING
 PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, LIMIT-
 ED USE MOTORCYCLES, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, BICYCLES
 WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND/OR BICYCLES. Such report shall include informa-
 tion  on  the  width  and length of trucks, tractors, trailers and semi-
 trailers, which are in excess of ninety-five inches in width or  thirty-
 four  feet  in  length and which are involved in such accidents, whether
 such accident took place in a work area and whether it was  being  oper-
 ated  with  an  overweight  or overdimension permit.   Such report shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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