Assembly Bill A5487

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles

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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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2011-A5487 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S554
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง25.19, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10015, S7430
2013-2014: A175, S1364
2015-2016: A1452, A9470, S1850
2017-2018: A4503, A4631, S136
2019-2020: A5453, S1937
2021-2022: A4298, S5328
2023-2024: S24

2011-A5487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes persons under the age of fourteen to participate in special events involving snowmobiles.

2011-A5487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5487

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
  relation  to  authorizing persons under the age of fourteen to partic-
  ipate in special events involving snowmobiles

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 25.19 of the parks, recreation and
historic  preservation  law  is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to
read as follows:
  (D) A PERSON LESS THAN FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY OPERATE A  SNOWMOBILE
AS  A  PARTICIPANT IN A SPECIAL EVENT, DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF
SECTION 21.05 OF THIS TITLE, PROVIDED THAT:
  (1) THE SPECIAL EVENT IS HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ANY  RELEVANT  STAT-
UTES, RULES, OR REGULATIONS;
  (2)  THE  SPECIAL EVENT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AS PROVIDED
FOR IN SECTION 25.11 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (3) SUCH PERSON OBTAINS THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF HIS OR  HER  PARENT  OR
LEGAL GUARDIAN; AND
  (4)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO
SUCH PARTICIPANTS AND IN DOING SO SHALL REVIEW AND CONSIDER FOR ADOPTION
THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN  PUBLISHED  BY  THE  INTERNA-
TIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE SUCH EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO,  THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF CHAMPIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SNOWMO-
BILE RACING ASSOCIATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02055-01-1

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