Bill Text: NY S07361 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the definition of all terrain vehicle by creating two classes of all terrain vehicles based on how much the vehicle weighs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07361 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07361-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7361
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- 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  the  defi-
          nition of an "all terrain vehicle"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of  1997,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  "All  terrain  vehicle" or "ATV" means any self-propelled vehicle
     5  which is manufactured for sale for operation  primarily  on  off-highway
     6  trails  or  off-highway  competitions  and only incidentally operated on
     7  public highways [providing that such vehicle does]. A  "class  one  ATV"
     8  may  not  exceed  seventy  inches  in  width, or one thousand pounds dry
     9  weight.  A "class two ATV" may not exceed seventy inches  in  width  and
    10  shall exceed one thousand pounds dry weight but may not exceed one thou-
    11  sand eight hundred pounds dry weight. Provided, however, this definition
    12  shall  not include a "snowmobile" or other self-propelled vehicles manu-
    13  factured for off-highway use exclusively designed for travel on snow  or
    14  ice, steered by skis or runners and supported in whole or in part by one
    15  or more skis, belts or cleats which utilize an endless belt tread.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law; and provided, further, that effective imme-
    18  diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
    19  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
    20  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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