Bill Text: NY A01244 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1244 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to operation of an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property; requires a helmet on private and public property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A01244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01244-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1244

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operation of
          an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 2410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. No person shall  operate  an  ATV  bearing  a  certification  label
     4  conforming  to  ANSI/SVIA  1-2010 in violation of the age recommendation
     5  warning label affixed by the manufacturer. An ATV not bearing a  certif-
     6  ication label conforming to ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 operating in the state by a
     7  person  who  is  ten or eleven years of age shall have an engine size of
     8  70cc or less. An ATV not bearing a  certification  label  conforming  to
     9  ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 operated in the state by a person who is between twelve
    10  and fifteen years of age shall have an engine size of 90cc or less.
    11    §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 2406 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    12  added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
    13    2. No person shall operate an ATV or ride as a passenger on an ATV  on
    14  public or private property unless he is wearing a protective helmet of a
    15  type approved by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision six of section
    16  three hundred eighty-one of this chapter.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05174-01-1