N.Y. General Business Law Section 495-B
Tags on charging cords of micromobility devices, limited use motorcycles, and bicycles with electric assist

1.

No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, assemble, recondition, sell or offer for sale at retail any micromobility device, limited use motorcycles as defined in Vehicle & Traffic Law § 121-B (Limited use motorcycle)section one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, or bicycle with electric assist as defined in Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102-C (Bicycle with electric assist)section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law unless there is a red tag affixed to the charging cord of such micromobility device, limited use motorcycles as defined in Vehicle & Traffic Law § 121-B (Limited use motorcycle)section one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, or bicycle with electric assist which clearly and conspicuously states “UNPLUG WHEN NOT IN USE”. Such tag shall include additional consumer safety information regarding safe usage of the product and its charging equipment and shall be affixed to the cord near the end which is plugged into the electricity source.

2.

The department of state shall promulgate rules and regulations providing guidance on the consumer safety information required to be on the tag pursuant to subdivision one of this section.

3.

The department of state shall post a model tag containing the information outlined in subdivision one of this section that persons, firms, partnerships, associations, and corporations can affix to such charging cords as outlined in subdivision one of this section.

Source: Section 495-B — Tags on charging cords of micromobility devices, limited use motorcycles, and bicycles with electric assist, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/495-B (updated Feb. 21, 2025; accessed Apr. 5, 2025).

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