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]
Download: New_York-2023-A04938-Introduced.html
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]
Download: New_York-2023-A04938-Introduced.html
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