New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 495-a. Sale of lithium-ion batteries and second-use lithium-ion batteries

1. (a) No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, assemble, recondition, sell or offer for sale, lease, or rent a lithium-ion battery or a second-use lithium-ion battery either as part of or intended for use in a bicycle with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law or for use in a limited use motorcycle as defined in section one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law unless the lithium-ion battery or second-use lithium-ion battery has been certified by an accredited testing laboratory for compliance with a battery standard referenced in UL 2849, UL 2271 or EN 15194, or such other safety standard approved by the department of state pursuant to regulation.  Such certification or the logo, wordmark, or name of such accredited testing laboratory shall be displayed on packaging or documentation at the time of sale for the product and directly on the product itself.

(b) No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, assemble, recondition, sell or offer for sale, lease, or rent a lithium-ion battery or a second-use lithium-ion battery either as part of or intended for use in a micromobility device unless the lithium-ion battery or second-use lithium-ion battery has been certified by an accredited testing laboratory for compliance with UL 2271 or UL 2272, or such other safety standard approved by the department of state pursuant to regulation.  Such certification or the logo, wordmark, or name of such accredited testing laboratory shall be displayed on packaging or documentation at the time of sale for the product and directly on the product itself.

(a) for the first violation, a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars;  and

(b) for each subsequent violation issued for the same offense within two years of the date of a first violation, a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars.