Bill Text: NY S04400 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Defines autocycle and specifies provisions applicable to such motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to transportation [S04400 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04400-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4400 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 18, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 defining autocycles THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 124 to read as follows: 3 S 124. AUTOCYCLE. A THREE-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE THAT HAS A STEERING 4 WHEEL AND SEATING THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE OPERATOR TO STRADDLE OR SIT 5 ASTRIDE AND IS MANUFACTURED TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 6 FOR MOTORCYCLES. 7 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ADMINISTRATIVE RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, 8 THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS SIX, SEVEN, NINE, NINE-A AND TEN OF 9 SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO AUTOCY- 10 CLES AND AUTOCYCLE OPERATORS. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05835-01-5