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Assembly Bill A6524

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires horse-drawn vehicles to have reflective material attached from dusk until dawn

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2009-A6524 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1264, V & T L

2009-A6524 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any person operating a horse-drawn vehicle on a public highway from dusk to dawn to have reflective material attached to the carriage or cart, and have reflective material attached to the bridle and other harnesses on any horse providing locomotion.

2009-A6524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6524

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GIGLIO, FINCH, KOLB, TOWNSEND, McKEVITT, BALL --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operating a
  horse-drawn carriage or cart upon a highway at night

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 1264 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 676 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1264. Ban on night riding. (A) No person shall ride or lead a  horse
upon  a  roadway  during  the  period from one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise.  The provisions of this [section] SUBDIVI-
SION shall not apply to horse-drawn carriages or carts or  police  offi-
cers, peace officers or park rangers mounted on horseback.
  (B)  NO  PERSON  SHALL  OPERATE  A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE OR CART UPON A
PUBLIC HIGHWAY DURING THE PERIOD FROM ONE-HALF  HOUR  BEFORE  SUNSET  TO
ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER SUNRISE UNLESS:
  (I) SUCH CARRIAGE OR CART SHALL HAVE ATTACHED THERETO REFLECTIVE MATE-
RIAL ON THE REAR AND EACH SIDE THEREOF; AND
  (II)  THE  HORSE  OR HORSES PROVIDING LOCOMOTION SHALL HAVE REFLECTIVE
MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THEIR BRIDLES AND OTHER HARNESSES.
  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH REGULATIONS DESIGNATING THE TYPES AND
MANNER OF DISPLAY OF REFLECTIVE MATERIALS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that any rules and  regu-
lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act are authorized
and  directed  to  be  promulgated, amended and/or repealed on or before
such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05169-01-9

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