Senate Bill S7164

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes seniors and persons with mobility impairment to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands during ice fishing season

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7164 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7886
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2403, V & T L

2025-S7164 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes seniors and persons with mobility impairment to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation during ice fishing season.

2025-S7164 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7164 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7164
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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  authorizing
   certain  persons  to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands during
   ice fishing season

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. PUBLIC LANDS PERMITTING ICE FISHING.  DURING TIMES WHEN ICE FISH-
 ING IS PERMITTED AND ONLY ON LANDS WHERE SNOWMOBILE USE IS PERMITTED  BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, INCLUDING WILDLIFE MANAGE-
 MENT  AREAS,  STATE FORESTS, FOREST PRESERVES, AND STATE PARKS, A PERSON
 MAY OPERATE AN ATV TO ENTER AND EXIT SUCH  LANDS  WHEN  SUCH  PERSON  IS
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR HAS A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT THAT WOULD
 OTHERWISE PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM ICE FISHING ACCESS WITHOUT THE USE OF
 SUCH  ATV, AS DETERMINED BY A PHYSICIAN. SUCH PERSONS MAY UTILIZE AN ATV
 AS THE OPERATOR OR PASSENGER AND SHALL RESTRICT SUCH USAGE TO  TRAVELING
 TO AND FROM ICE FISHING LOCATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11283-01-5

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