Senate Bill S767

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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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2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A347
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2410 & 2406, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8659
2021-2022: S6164, A1244

2023-S767 (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.

2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    767
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD01595-01-3

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