Bill Text: NY A02273 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2273 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that certified handicapped individuals may use an ATVs on public land for transportation purposes only, during the hunting season.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02273 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02273-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2273
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
         FINCH,  OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to use  of  all
         terrain  vehicles by certified handicapped individuals on public prop-
         erty
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2.  Public  lands  other than highways. No person, EXCEPT PERSONS THAT
    5  ARE CERTIFIED HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS,  shall  operate  an  ATV  on  any
    6  public  lands,  waters and property other than a highway, except that an
    7  ATV may be operated on any such lands which  have  been  designated  and
    8  posted  for  travel by ATVs in accordance with the provisions of section
    9  twenty-four hundred five of this article.  PERSONS  CERTIFIED  AS  HAND-
   10  ICAPPED  INDIVIDUALS  MAY  UTILIZE AN ATV TO ENTER AND EXIT PUBLIC LANDS
   11  FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUNTING, WHEREBY SUCH INDIVIDUAL MAY BE THE  OPERATOR
   12  OR A PASSENGER OF SUCH VEHICLE.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05122-01-5