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                                  9522--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, BRINDISI, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, FINCH
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  HAWLEY,  MAGEE  --  read  once  and
   referred  to  the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to slow moving
   vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  36 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 322 of the  laws  of  1969,  paragraph  (b)  as
 amended  by  chapter  350  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   36. (a) (I) The slow-moving vehicle emblem as developed by the  Ameri-
 can Society of Agricultural AND BIOLOGICAL Engineers shall be recognized
 as  the  official  state slow moving vehicle emblem. The commissioner of
 motor vehicles shall adopt  standards  and  specifications  for  design,
 creation and use, in conformance with those recommendations of the Amer-
 ican  Society  of  Agricultural  AND  BIOLOGICAL Engineers for the size,
 design and mounting of said slow-moving vehicle emblem.
   (II) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT  STANDARDS  AND  SPECIFICATIONS  FOR
 DESIGN,  CREATION  AND USE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL  ENGINEERS  STANDARD
 WHICH   MEETS   THE   CRITERIA   OF   THE  AMERICAN  NATIONAL  STANDARDS
 INSTITUTE/AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS S584 FOR THE  SIZE,
 DESIGN  AND MOUNTING OF A SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL. A SPEED IDENTIFI-
 CATION SYMBOL SHALL INDICATE THE MAXIMUM SPEED  IN  MILES  PER  HOUR  AT
 WHICH  THE  UNIT  OF  FARM  MACHINERY,  IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY AND OTHER
 MACHINERY INCLUDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE MACHINERY TO WHICH
 IT IS MOUNTED IS DESIGNED BY ITS MANUFACTURER TO OPERATE.
   (b) (I) Farm machinery and implements of husbandry and other machinery
 including road construction and maintenance machinery designed to  oper-
 ate at twenty-five miles per hour or less, traveling on a public highway
 during  day  or  night,  whether  self-propelled or used in combination,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 shall each separately display a slow-moving vehicle emblem as  specified
 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
   (II)  (A) FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY AND OTHER MACHIN-
 ERY INCLUDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE  MACHINERY  DESIGNED  TO
 OPERATE AT A SPEED GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR, TRAVELING ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY DURING DAY OR NIGHT,
 WHETHER  SELF-PROPELLED  OR  USED  IN COMBINATION, SHALL EACH SEPARATELY
 DISPLAY A SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE EMBLEM AND A SPEED  IDENTIFICATION  SYMBOL
 AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) IF AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR THAT IS DESIGNED BY ITS MANUFACTURER TO
 OPERATE  AT  A  SPEED  GREATER  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT NOT
 GREATER THAN FORTY MILES PER HOUR IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET OR HIGH-
 WAY AT A SPEED GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER  HOUR  BUT  LESS  THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR AND IS TOWING, PULLING, OR OTHERWISE DRAWING A UNIT
 OF  FARM MACHINERY, THE UNIT OF FARM MACHINERY SHALL DISPLAY A SLOW-MOV-
 ING VEHICLE EMBLEM AND A SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL THAT IS THE SAME AS
 THE SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL THAT IS DISPLAYED  ON  THE  AGRICULTURAL
 TRACTOR.
   (C)  WHEN  AN  AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR IS DESIGNED BY ITS MANUFACTURER TO
 OPERATE AT A SPEED GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN
 FORTY MILES PER HOUR IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY AT A SPEED
 GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR, THE OPERATOR SHALL POSSESS SOME
 DOCUMENTATION PUBLISHED OR PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER  INDICATING  THE
 MAXIMUM  SPEED  IN MILES PER HOUR AT WHICH THE MANUFACTURER DESIGNED THE
 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR TO OPERATE.
   (c) The use of such emblem AND SYMBOL shall  be  in  addition  to  any
 lighting  devices, flags or other equipment required by law. Such emblem
 AND SYMBOL shall be used  only  on  farm  machinery  and  implements  of
 husbandry  on  road  construction and maintenance machinery, and on such
 other vehicles, machinery and equipment as may  be  specified  in  regu-
 lations issued by the commissioner.  All use shall be in accordance with
 such  regulations.  Use  of  such  emblem  as  a  clearance marker or on
 stationary objects on the highways is prohibited.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.