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Senate Bill S558

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to farm tractors and self propelled machines used primarily for agricultural purposes

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2017-S558 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§125 & 311, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2436
2011-2012: S792
2013-2014: S2241
2015-2016: S2074
2019-2020: S910

2017-S558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes farm tractors and self propelled machines used primarily for agricultural purposes from certain requirements for motor vehicles relating to registration and licensing of drivers, and financial security.

2017-S558 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    558
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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:
   § 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.
   § 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

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