Bill Text: NY S01792 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include certain vehicles of up to seventy inches long and 1500 pounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S01792 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01792-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1792--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, BONACIC, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, LARKIN,
         LITTLE, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, SEWARD, YOUNG --  read  twice  and  ordered
         printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
         portation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi-
         nition of an all terrain vehicle or "ATV"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehi-
    2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 1997, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a) "All terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means  any  self-propelled  vehicle
    5  which  is  manufactured  for sale for operation primarily on off-highway
    6  trails or off-highway competitions and  only  incidentally  operated  on
    7  public  highways  providing  that  such  vehicle does not exceed seventy
    8  inches in width,  or  one  thousand  FIVE  HUNDRED  pounds  dry  weight.
    9  Provided,  however,  this definition shall not include a "snowmobile" or
   10  other self-propelled vehicles manufactured for  off-highway  use  exclu-
   11  sively  designed  for  travel on snow or ice, steered by skis or runners
   12  and supported in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts  or  cleats
   13  which utilize an endless belt tread.
   14    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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