Bill Text: NY S05732 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines autocycle and specifies provisions applicable to such motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05732 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05732-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5732
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  defining
          autocycles
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 124 to read as follows:
     3    §  124.  Autocycle.  A three-wheeled motor vehicle that has a steering
     4  wheel and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or  sit
     5  astride  and  is manufactured to comply with federal safety requirements
     6  for motorcycles.
     7    Notwithstanding any administrative rule or regulation to the contrary,
     8  the provisions of subdivisions six,  seven,  nine,  nine-a  and  ten  of
     9  section  three hundred eighty-one of this chapter shall apply to autocy-
    10  cles and autocycle operators.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02166-01-7