Bill Text: NY A04938 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-11 - signed chap.195 [A04938 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4938

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
          and sale of lithium-ion batteries

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  391-w to read as follows:
     3    §  391-w.  Lithium-ion battery standards. 1. No person, firm, partner-
     4  ship, association or corporation shall manufacture, distribute  or  sell
     5  in this state any lithium-ion batteries and chargers which do not comply
     6  with one of the following standards:
     7    (a) the Underwriters Laboratories: UL 1642, UL 2054, and UL 2580;
     8    (b)  the  International  Electrotechnical  Commission:  IEC 62133, IEC
     9  60086-4, IEC 61960, and IEC 62281;
    10    (c) the American National Standards Institute: ANSI C18; or
    11    (d) the Society of Automotive & Aerospace Engineering  SAE  J2464  and
    12  SAE J2929.
    13    2.  A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty
    14  of five hundred dollars for the first violation and one thousand dollars
    15  for each subsequent violation.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08938-02-3
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