Assembly Bill A8659

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to operation of an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property

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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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2019-A8659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2410 & 2406, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1244
2023-2024: A347

2019-A8659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to operation of an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property; requires a helmet on private and public property.

2019-A8659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8659
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operation of
   an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. NO PERSON SHALL  OPERATE  AN  ATV  BEARING  A  CERTIFICATION  LABEL
 CONFORMING  TO  ANSI/SVIA  1-2010 IN VIOLATION OF THE AGE RECOMMENDATION
 WARNING LABEL AFFIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. AN ATV NOT BEARING A  CERTIF-
 ICATION LABEL CONFORMING TO ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 OPERATING IN THE STATE BY A
 PERSON  WHO  IS  TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL HAVE AN ENGINE SIZE OF
 70CC OR LESS. AN ATV NOT BEARING A  CERTIFICATION  LABEL  CONFORMING  TO
 ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 OPERATED IN THE STATE BY A PERSON WHO IS BETWEEN TWELVE
 AND FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL HAVE AN ENGINE SIZE OF 90CC OR LESS.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 2406 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   2. No person shall operate an ATV or ride as a passenger on an ATV  ON
 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY unless he is wearing a protective helmet of a
 type approved by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision six of section
 three hundred eighty-one of this chapter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10179-01-9

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