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                                  6746--A
     Cal. No. 766
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and
   second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
   ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored  to  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to slow  moving
   vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 36 of section 375 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  added  by  chapter  322  of the laws of 1969, paragraph (b) as
 amended by chapter 350 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   36.  (a) (I) The slow-moving vehicle emblem as developed by the Ameri-
 can Society of Agricultural AND BIOLOGICAL Engineers shall be recognized
 as the official state slow moving vehicle emblem.  The  commissioner  of
 motor  vehicles  shall  adopt  standards  and specifications for design,
 creation and use, in conformance with those recommendations of the Amer-
 ican Society of Agricultural AND  BIOLOGICAL  Engineers  for  the  size,
 design and mounting of said slow-moving vehicle emblem.
   (II)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ADOPT STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR
 DESIGN, CREATION AND USE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF
 THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS STANDARD
 WHICH  MEETS  THE  CRITERIA   OF   THE   AMERICAN   NATIONAL   STANDARDS
 INSTITUTE/AMERICAN  SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS S584 FOR THE SIZE,
 DESIGN AND MOUNTING OF A SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL. A SPEED  IDENTIFI-
 CATION  SYMBOL  SHALL  INDICATE  THE  MAXIMUM SPEED IN MILES PER HOUR AT
 WHICH THE UNIT OF FARM  MACHINERY,  IMPLEMENT  OF  HUSBANDRY  AND  OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 MACHINERY INCLUDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE MACHINERY TO WHICH
 IT IS MOUNTED IS DESIGNED BY ITS MANUFACTURER TO OPERATE.
   (b) (I) Farm machinery and implements of husbandry and other machinery
 including  road construction and maintenance machinery designed to oper-
 ate at twenty-five miles per hour or less, traveling on a public highway
 during day or night, whether  self-propelled  or  used  in  combination,
 shall  each separately display a slow-moving vehicle emblem as specified
 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
   (II) (A) FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY AND OTHER  MACHIN-
 ERY  INCLUDING  ROAD  CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE MACHINERY DESIGNED TO
 OPERATE AT A SPEED GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR, TRAVELING ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY DURING DAY OR NIGHT,
 WHETHER SELF-PROPELLED OR USED IN  COMBINATION,  SHALL  EACH  SEPARATELY
 DISPLAY  A  SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE EMBLEM AND A SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL
 AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) IF AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR THAT IS DESIGNED BY ITS MANUFACTURER TO
 OPERATE AT A SPEED GREATER THAN  TWENTY-FIVE  MILES  PER  HOUR  BUT  NOT
 GREATER THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET OR HIGH-
 WAY  AT  A  SPEED  GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR AND IS TOWING, PULLING, OR OTHERWISE DRAWING A UNIT
 OF FARM MACHINERY, THE UNIT OF FARM MACHINERY SHALL DISPLAY A  SLOW-MOV-
 ING VEHICLE EMBLEM AND A SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL THAT IS THE SAME AS
 THE  SPEED  IDENTIFICATION  SYMBOL THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE AGRICULTURAL
 TRACTOR.
   (C) WHEN AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR IS DESIGNED BY  ITS  MANUFACTURER  TO
 OPERATE AT A SPEED GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY AT A SPEED
 GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR, THE OPERATOR SHALL POSSESS SOME
 DOCUMENTATION  PUBLISHED  OR PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER INDICATING THE
 MAXIMUM SPEED IN MILES PER HOUR AT WHICH THE MANUFACTURER  DESIGNED  THE
 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR TO OPERATE.
   (c)  The  use  of  such  emblem AND SYMBOL shall be in addition to any
 lighting devices, flags or other equipment required by law. Such  emblem
 AND  SYMBOL  shall  be  used  only  on  farm machinery and implements of
 husbandry on road construction and maintenance machinery,  and  on  such
 other  vehicles,  machinery  and  equipment as may be specified in regu-
 lations issued by the commissioner.  All use shall be in accordance with
 such regulations. Use of  such  emblem  as  a  clearance  marker  or  on
 stationary objects on the highways is prohibited.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.