S 8739: Requires entities which operate a system of shared electric bicycles or scooters to impose penalties for failure of an operator or borrower to return a shared electric scooter or bicycle to a proper location.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8739  IN SENATE January 8, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to penalties for failure of an operator to return shared electric scooters and bicycles to a proper location 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 2 390-f to read as follows: 3 § 390-f. Shared electric bike and electric scooter systems; penal- 4 ties. Any shared bicycle with electric assist system and shared elec- 5 tric scooter system, as defined in articles thirty-four and 6 thirty-four-D of the vehicle and traffic law, respectively, operating 7 within this state shall impose monetary penalties on any user or borrow- 8 er who fails to return a shared bicycle with electric assist or shared 9 electric scooter to a proper location as specified, designated or 10 directed by the system. Such penalty shall be imposed daily until the 11 device is returned to the proper location. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13903-03-5