Int 0344-2010
Regulating the use of mobile telephones while operating non-motorized transportation devices.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2010-09-29
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2010-09-29Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2010-09-29 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2010-09-29 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2010-09-29 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-171.2 to read as follows:
§19-171.2 Non-motorized transportation devices. a. For the purposes of this section:
“Non-motorized transportation device” shall mean a wheeled device propelled by human power and upon which a person or persons may ride.
b. No person shall operate a non-motorized transportation device while using a mobile telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while operating a non-motorized transportation device.
c. A person who violates subdivision b of this section may be issued a notice of violation and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
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