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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 21, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S2074
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2074 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to farm tractors and self propelled machines used primarily for agricultural purposes PURPOSE: Address the definition of a motor vehicle as it relates to farm tractors and agricultural equipment to allow farmers to aid distressed motorists. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 125 and 311 of the Vehicle and Traffic law are amended to change the existing exemption for vehicles under titles four and five as they relate to farm tractors and self-propelled farm equipment from those tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes to those that are used primarily for agricultural purposes. Section 3 sets for the effective date. EXISTING LAW: Under the existing law only tractors used exclusively for agricultural
2015-S2074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2074 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- 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 farm trac- tors and self propelled machines used primarily for agricultural purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 365 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: S 125. Motor vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public highway which is propelled by any power other than muscular power, except (a) electrically-driven mobility assistance devices operated or driven by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal assistive mobility devices operated outside a city with a population of one million or more, (b) vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks, (c) snowmobiles as defined in article forty-seven of this chapter, and (d) all terrain vehicles as defined in article forty-eight-B of this chap- ter. For the purposes of title four of this chapter, the term motor vehicle shall exclude fire and police vehicles other than ambulances. For the purposes of titles four and five of this chapter the term motor vehicles shall exclude farm type tractors USED PRIMARILY FOR AGRICUL- TURAL PURPOSES and all terrain type vehicles used exclusively for agri- cultural purposes, or for snow plowing, other than for hire, farm equip- ment, including self-propelled machines used [exclusively] PRIMARILY in growing, harvesting or handling farm produce, and self-propelled cater- pillar or crawler-type equipment while being operated on the contract site. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 311 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 228 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05964-01-5
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