Int. No. 1380
By Council Members Hudson, Brooks-Powers, Narcisse, Cabán, Ung, Marte, Ayala, Zhuang, Williams, Joseph, Feliz, Ariola, Banks, Brewer, Avilés, Powers, Schulman, Restler, Krishnan and Hanks
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the sale and rental of class three bicycles with electric assist
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 4 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-610.2 to read as follows:
§ 20-610.2 Prohibition on the sale and rental of class three bicycles with electric assist. a. No person shall distribute, sell, lease, rent or offer for sale, lease, or rental a class three bicycle with electric assist, as defined in subdivision (c) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law or any successor provision.
b. A person who violates this section, or any rule promulgated thereunder, is liable for a civil penalty as follows:
1. For the first violation, a civil penalty of $0; and
2. For each subsequent violation of this section issued on a different day within 2 years of the date of a first violation, a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.
c. Each failure to comply with this section with respect to any 1 stock keeping unit constitutes a separate violation.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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