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Senate Bill S2716

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes a governmental agency or municipality to designate a highway or portion of highway as open for travel by an ATV

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2015-S2716 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2405, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1625
2011-2012: S1205
2013-2014: S2400

2015-S2716 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a governmental agency, by rule or regulation, or municipality, by local law ordinance, to designate a highway or portion of highway as open for travel by an ATV in order to gain access to areas or trails adjacent to such highways.

2015-S2716 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2716 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2716

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO,  DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, LITTLE, RANZENHOFER,
  RITCHIE, SEWARD -- 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  designation
  of highways and public lands for travel by ATVs

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2405 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Highways. Except with respect to interstate highways or  controlled
access  highways,  [the  department of transportation with respect to] A
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY  DESIGNATE  A  state  [highways]
HIGHWAY, maintained by the state [and any other governmental agency with
respect  to highways], OR A HIGHWAY MAINTAINED BY A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY,
including bridge and culvert  crossings,  under  its  jurisdiction  [may
designate  and]  AS  OPEN  FOR TRAVEL BY ATVS IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO
AREAS OR TRAILS ADJACENT TO SUCH HIGHWAYS AND THE DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANS-
PORTATION  SHALL post any such public highway or portion thereof as open
for travel by ATVs [when in the determination of the governmental agency
concerned, it is otherwise impossible for ATVs] to gain access to  areas
or  trails adjacent to the highway.  Such designations by a state agency
shall be by rule or regulation, and such  designations  by  any  munici-
pality other than a state agency shall be by local law or ordinance.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07207-01-5

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