Assembly Bill A4541

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that motorcyclists under the age of twenty-one shall wear protective helmets of a type approved by the commissioner when operating or riding a motorcycle

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  • 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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2009-A4541 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2403
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง381, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5364, S2974
2013-2014: A6316, S1900
2015-2016: A3241, S2381
2017-2018: A218, S6055
2019-2020: A6895

2009-A4541 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts motorcyclists over the age of twenty-one from the requirement of wearing protective helmets of a type approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles when operating or riding a motorcycle.

2009-A4541 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4541

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PARMENT, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  certain motorcyclists to wear protective helmets

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of section 381 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 471 of the laws of 1994, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  6.  It shall be unlawful for any person UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE to
operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless he OR SHE  wears  a  protective
helmet  of  a  type  which  meets  the requirements set forth in section
571.218 of the federal motor vehicle safety standards as may  from  time
to  time be amended.  The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed
to adopt regulations for helmets which are consistent with the  require-
ments as specified in section 571.218 of the federal motor vehicle safe-
ty standards as may from time to time be amended. The police authorities
of  a  city,  town  or  village  may issue a permit exempting members of
organizations sponsoring or conducting parades or other  public  exhibi-
tions  from  the  provisions  of this subdivision while such members are
participating in such parades or other public exhibitions.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00671-01-9

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