Relates to the inclusion of batteries used in bicycles with electric assist in the rechargeable battery recycling program

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1705 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the recycling of batteries used in bicycles with electric assist The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 27-1803 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as added by chapter 562 of the laws of 2010, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. "rechargeable battery" means any rechargeable nickel-cadmium, 5 sealed lead, lithium ion, nickel metal hydride battery, or any other 6 such dry cell battery capable of being recharged weighing less than 7 twenty-five pounds, or battery packs containing such batteries; but 8 shall not include a battery used as the principal electric power source 9 for a vehicle, such as, but not limited to, an automobile, boat, truck, 10 tractor, golf cart or wheelchair , except that such term shall include a 11 battery designed for use in a bicycle with electric assist as defined in 12 section one hundred two of the vehicle and traffic law ; for storage of 13 electricity generated by an alternative power source, such as solar or 14 wind-driven generators; or for memory backup that is an integral compo- 15 nent of an electronic device; 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04236-01-5