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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 31, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S3950
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S3950 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S3950 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the operation of farm vehicles within the state with a class D driver's license; eliminates the requirement for a farm endorsement to operate a farm vehicle; expands definition of "farm vehicle" to include a combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less.
2017-S3950 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3950 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the operation of any farm vehicle within the state by a person with a class D driver's license PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would allow farmers to drive truck/trailer combinations of up to 26,000 pounds statewide with a class D drivers' license. Farmers would be limited to transporting agriculture products, farm machinery, farm supplies or all of the aforementioned. Hazardous waste transportation would be excluded. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends vehicle and traffic law subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 501 to require that: - class D license shall be valid to operate any passenger or limited use automobile or any truck with a GVWR of not more than 26,000 pounds of any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a GVWR of not more than 10,000 pounds, or any such vehicle towing another vehicle with a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds provided such combination of vehicles has a GVWR of not more than 26,000 pounds.
2017-S3950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3950 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- 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 the operation of any farm vehicle within the state by a person with a class D driver's license THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (iv) Class D. (A) Such license shall be valid to operate any passenger or limited use automobile or any truck with a GVWR of not more than twenty-six thousand pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a GVWR of not more than ten thousand pounds, or any such vehicle towing another vehicle with a GVWR of more than ten thousand pounds provided such combination of vehicles has a GCWR of not more than twenty-six thousand pounds, or any personal use vehicle with a GVWR of not more than twenty-six thousand pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a GVWR of not more than ten thousand pounds, except it shall not be valid to operate a tractor, a motorcycle other than a class B or C limited use motorcycle, a vehicle used to transport passengers for hire or for which a hazardous materials endorsement is required, or a vehicle defined as a bus in subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of this title. (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RESTRICTION ON THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES INCLUDED IN CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, SUCH LICENSE SHALL BE VALID TO OPERATE ANY FARM VEHICLE ANYWHERE WITHIN THIS STATE. § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 501-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 3 of part E of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09248-01-7
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