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Assembly Bill A4957

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"

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2021-A4957 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2709
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2281, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8033, S4277
2011-2012: A6250, A7743, S3318
2013-2014: A5540, S1946
2015-2016: A1951, S1792
2017-2018: A4412, S1909
2019-2020: A8601, S1372
2023-2024: A5384
2025-2026: A6218

2021-A4957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include certain vehicles of up to seventy inches long and 1500 pounds.

2021-A4957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4957
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, GOODELL, HAWLEY, WALCZYK --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  the  defi-
   nition of an all terrain vehicle or "ATV"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "All  terrain  vehicle" or "ATV" means any self-propelled vehicle
 which is manufactured for sale for operation  primarily  on  off-highway
 trails  or  off-highway  competitions  and only incidentally operated on
 public highways providing that such  vehicle  does  not  exceed  seventy
 inches  in  width,  or  one  thousand  FIVE  HUNDRED  pounds dry weight.
 Provided, however, this definition shall not include a  "snowmobile"  or
 other  self-propelled  vehicles  manufactured for off-highway use exclu-
 sively designed for travel on snow or ice, steered by  skis  or  runners
 and  supported  in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts or cleats
 which utilize an endless belt tread.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06221-01-1

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