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Assembly Bill A3453

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles on school grounds, and baseball, football and soccer fields, without the permission of the owner thereof

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2009-A3453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S665
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2403, V & T L

2009-A3453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles on school grounds, and baseball, football and soccer fields, without the permission of the owner thereof, provided that the owner or lessee has erected "No Trespassing" signs thereon.

2009-A3453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3453

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  opera-
  tion of an all-terrain vehicle on school grounds

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

  Section 1. Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
  3-B.  SCHOOL  GROUNDS.  (A)  NO  PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ATV ON SCHOOL
GROUNDS, OR ON ANY  BASEBALL,  FOOTBALL  OR  SOCCER  FIELD  WITHOUT  THE
CONSENT  OF  THE OWNER OR LESSEE THEREOF, WHERE SUCH OWNER OR LESSEE HAS
ERECTED OR MAINTAINED ANY SIGN, STRUCTURE, DISPLAY OR DEVICE PROHIBITING
THE TRESPASS THEREON, AND WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A SIGN STATING: "NO  TRES-
PASSING".  A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A TRAFFIC INFRACTION
AND SHALL UPON A CONVICTION OF A FIRST VIOLATION BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
OF  NOT  MORE  THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT
MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT; AND UPON A
CONVICTION OF A SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN  A
PERIOD  OF  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS,  SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN  FOUR  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  OR  BY  IMPRISONMENT  FOR  NOT  MORE  THAN
FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  OR  BY  BOTH  SUCH  FINE  AND IMPRISONMENT; AND UPON A
CONVICTION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, ALL OF WHICH WERE COMMIT-
TED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF
NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
THAN NINETY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SCHOOL GROUNDS" SHALL  MEAN
ANY ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL
PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY OR
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05415-01-9

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