Bill Text: NY A08419 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts horse-drawn carriages or carts from the ban on night riding if they display at least two lighted lamps on the front of the vehicle, one on each side, having light sources of equal power and visible from the front for a distance of at least three hundred fifty feet; at least one lighted lamp on the rear, located between the center and the left side of the vehicle, which shall display a red or amber fixed or flashing light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet; and reflective material upon the shafts of the vehicle or other parts thereof which shall normally parallel the body, head or legs of the horse pulling such vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A08419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08419-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8419

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 29, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  exceptions
          to the ban on night riding

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1264 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended  by
     2  chapter 676 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1264. Ban on night riding.  (a) No person shall ride or lead a horse
     4  upon  a  roadway  during  the  period from one-half hour after sunset to
     5  one-half  hour  before  sunrise,  provided  however   that   horse-drawn
     6  carriages  or  carts  may be driven upon a roadway during such period if
     7  they display:
     8    (1) at least two lighted lamps on the front of  the  vehicle,  one  on
     9  each  side,  having  light  sources  of equal power and visible from the
    10  front for a distance of at least three hundred fifty feet;
    11    (2) at least one lighted lamp on the rear, located between the  center
    12  and  the  left  side  of the vehicle, which shall display a red or amber
    13  fixed or flashing light visible from a distance of at least five hundred
    14  feet; and
    15    (3) reflective material upon the shafts of the vehicle or other  parts
    16  thereof  which  shall  normally  parallel  the body, head or legs of the
    17  horse pulling such vehicle.
    18    (b) The provisions of this section shall  not  apply  to  [horse-drawn
    19  carriages  or  carts or] police officers, peace officers or park rangers
    20  mounted on horseback.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13923-01-3