Bill Text: NY A03379 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires motorcycles to be operated on public highways with both wheels on the ground at all times.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A03379 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03379-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3379
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CALHOUN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         motorcycles to be operated with both wheels on the roadway
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1251 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
    3    (E)  NO  PERSON  SHALL OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY UNLESS
    4  BOTH WHEELS THEREOF REMAIN ON THE ROADWAY OR GROUND AT ALL TIMES, EXCEPT
    5  IN A CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND THE OPERATOR'S CONTROL.
    6    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
    7  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02794-01-1