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NY S04528
Bill
Status
6/30/2010
Primary Sponsor
Liz Krueger
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AI Summary
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Expands liability for bicycle delivery businesses to include contractors and affiliated operators, not just employees, requiring identification cards with operator name, residence address, photo, and company information.
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Requires businesses to maintain log books documenting bicycle operators' names, addresses, employment/association dates, identification numbers, and daily trip records with origin and destination information.
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Mandates businesses provide protective headgear meeting federal safety standards and ensure bicycles have lamps, bells, brakes, and reflective devices at their own expense.
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Shifts violation proceedings from criminal court to the Environmental Control Board with civil penalties of $100-$250 per violation, plus potential criminal fines of the same amount.
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Creates rebuttable presumption that businesses have knowledge of bicycle operator violations of the section's requirements.
Legislative Description
Provides that bicycle operators and the businesses affiliated with such operators shall be liable for such operator's failure to carry an identification card or certain other violations regarding the use of a bicycle for commercial purposes; changes violations for the failure to carry an identification card or certain other violation procedures and fines by a commercial bicycle operator; directs that certain violations relating to bicycles used for commercial purposes shall be tried before the environmental control board of the city of New York.
Last Action
referred to cities
6/30/2010