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2006 New York Code - Bicycles Used For Commercial Purposes.
§ 10-157 Bicycles used for commercial purposes. a. Every person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corporation which engages in the course of its business, either on behalf of itself or others, in delivering packages, parcels, papers or articles of any type by bicycle shall provide identification of the business by requiring every bicycle or bicycle operator to be identified by: (1) affixing to the rear of each bicycle, bicycle seat or both sides of the delivery basket, a metal plastic or other sign of a type approved by the police commissioner, with the name of the business and a three digit identification number which identifies the bicycle operator in lettering and numerals so as to be plainly readable at a distance of not less than ten feet and maintaining same in good condition thereon; and (2) by requiring each bicycle operator to wear a jacket, vest, or other wearing apparel on the upper part of the cyclist's body while making deliveries, or otherwise riding a bicycle on behalf of the business, the back of which shall indicate the business name and the bicycle operator's individual identification number in lettering and numerals so as to be plainly readable at a distance of not less than ten feet. b. Every person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corporation engaged in providing a service as authorized herein must issue to every bicycle operator a numbered identification card which contains the name, residence address and photo of the bicycle operator and the name, address and telephone number of the company for whom the bicycle operator is employed. Such identification card must be carried by the bicycle operator while the cyclist is making deliveries, or otherwise riding a bicycle on behalf of the business, and must be produced upon the demand of a police officer or any other law enforcement officer. c. Every person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corporation engaged in providing a service as authorized herein shall maintain in a log book to be kept for such purpose, the name and place of residence address of every employee operating a bicycle, the date of employment and discharge of each person in said service, and every messenger or delivery person's identification number. The owner of any business engaged in providing a service as authorized in this section shall be responsible for maintaining in the log book a daily trip record in which all entries shall be made legibly in ink and each entry shall be dated and include the bicycle identification number, the operator's name and the name and place of origin and destination for each trip. No entry shall be rewritten either in whole or in part except in such manner as may be provided by regulation of the commissioner; any such unauthorized rewriting shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption of an act of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. Such log book shall be made available for inspection during regular and usual business hours upon request of an agent of the police commissioner or any police officer or any other person authorized by law. d. The owner of any business engaged in providing a service as authorized in this section shall file an annual report in such form as shall be designated by the police commissioner by rule or regulations. Said report shall include, inter alia, the number of bicycles it owns and the number and identity of any employees it may retain. Any business engaged in providing a service as authorized in this section shall be responsible for the compliance with the provisions of this section of any employees it shall retain. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as applying to persons under the age of sixteen who use a bicycle to deliver daily newspapers or circulars.
e. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision f of this section, the violation of any of the provisions of this section, or of any of the rules or regulations that may be promulgated pursuant hereto, shall be a violation triable by a judge of the criminal court of the city of New York and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or both such fine and imprisonment. f. Any person who makes deliveries or otherwise operates a bicycle on behalf of a business without carrying the identification required by subdivision b of this section or who fails to produce such identification upon demand as required by such subdivision, shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be liable for a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. Such traffic infraction may be adjudicated by such an administrative tribunal as is authorized under article two-A of the vehicle and traffic law.
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