L.L. 2024/050
Enactment date: 3/29/2024
Int. No. 21-A
By Council Members Brewer, Rivera, Stevens, Gennaro, Hudson, Louis, Schulman, Won and Farías
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for illegal powered mobility device sales, leases, or rentals, requiring that online sales of such devices include certification of accredited testing, imposing record keeping requirements on any person who distributes, sells, leases, rents, or offers to sell, lease or rent, any such devices, and, providing that the fire department have concurrent enforcement authority for violations of this section
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 3. Prior to the effective date of this local law, the department of consumer and worker protection, in coordination with the fire department, shall make efforts to identify all powered bicycle and powered mobility device businesses currently operating and notify such businesses of requirements as established by this local law.
§ 4. This local law takes effect 180 days after becoming law, except that the fire commissioner and the commissioner of consumer and worker protection may take such actions, including the promulgation of rules, as are necessary for timely implementation of this local law, prior to the effective date of this local law.