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

§ 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 section one

hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, or bicycle with

electric assist as defined in 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

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.