Bill Text: NY A07506 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a governmental agency, by rule or regulation, or municipality, by local law ordinance, to designate a highway or portion of highway as open for travel by an ATV in order to gain access to areas or trails adjacent to such highways.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A07506 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07506-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7506
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  designation
         of highways and public lands for travel by ATVs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2405 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
    2  law,  as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Highways. Except with respect to interstate highways or  controlled
    5  access  highways,  [the  department of transportation with respect to] A
    6  GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY  DESIGNATE  A  state  [highways]
    7  HIGHWAY, maintained by the state [and any other governmental agency with
    8  respect  to highways], OR A HIGHWAY MAINTAINED BY A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY,
    9  including bridge and culvert  crossings,  under  its  jurisdiction  [may
   10  designate  and]  AS  OPEN  FOR TRAVEL BY ATVS IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO
   11  AREAS OR TRAILS ADJACENT TO SUCH HIGHWAYS AND THE DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANS-
   12  PORTATION  SHALL post any such public highway or portion thereof as open
   13  for travel by ATVs when in the determination of the governmental  agency
   14  concerned, it is [otherwise impossible] for ATVs to gain access to areas
   15  or  trails adjacent to the highway.  Such designations by a state agency
   16  shall be by rule or regulation, and such  designations  by  any  munici-
   17  pality other than a state agency shall be by local law or ordinance.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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