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Assembly Bill A1946

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the enforcement of provisions regulating all terrain vehicles; repealer

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2009-A1946 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2283 & 2406, add §2414, rpld §2404 sub 4, V & T L

2009-A1946 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the enforcement of provisions regulating all terrain vehicles; provides that a set of permanent registration number plates shall be placed on an all terrain vehicle; provides fines and penalties for violations.

2009-A1946 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1946

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE,  ENGLEBRIGHT, HOYT -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the enforce-
  ment of the operation of all terrain vehicles and to the  registration
  of  such vehicles; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
  ing thereto

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 2283 of the vehicle and traffic
law is amended by adding three new paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)  to  read
as follows:
  (A)  A  SET OF PERMANENT REGISTRATION NUMBER PLATES SHALL BE PLACED ON
AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE. ONE PLATE SHALL BE PLACED ON THE  FRONT  OF  THE
VEHICLE  AND  ONE  ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE ABOVE
AND BETWEEN THE REAR TIRES, EACH SECURELY FASTENED SO AS TO PREVENT  THE
SAME FROM SWINGING.
  (B)  SUCH  PLATES SHALL DISPLAY THE REGISTRATION NUMBER, CORRESPONDING
TO THAT OF  THE  REGISTRATION  CERTIFICATE.  THERE  SHALL  BE  A  MARKED
CONTRAST  BETWEEN  THE  COLOR  OF THE PLATES AND THAT OF THE NUMERALS OR
LETTERS THEREON. SUCH PLATES SHALL BE OF SUCH MATERIAL, FORM, DESIGN AND
DIMENSION, AS THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE;  PROVIDED  THAT,  SUCH
DIMENSIONS  AT A MINIMUM SHALL BE THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES VERTICAL AND
SIX INCHES HORIZONTAL.
  (C) SUCH PLATES SHALL BE KEPT CLEAN AND IN A CONDITION  SO  AS  TO  BE
EASILY  READABLE  AND  SHALL NOT BE COVERED BY GLASS OR ANY PLASTIC, AND
THE VIEW THEREOF SHALL NOT BE OBSTRUCTED BY ANY PART OF THE  VEHICLE  OR
BY ANYTHING CARRIED THEREON.
  S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
2414 to read as follows:
  S 2414. FAILURE TO COMPLY; FINES AND PENALTIES.  1. FAILURE TO  COMPLY
WITH  A PROVISION OF LAW REGARDING THE OPERATION OF AN ATV SHALL CONSTI-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04930-01-9
              

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