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Assembly Bill A586

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of all-terrain vehicles by minors

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2021-A586 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S680
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2409 & 2410, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6087, S5035
2023-2024: A150, S2702

2021-A586 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases age for use of ATVs by minors from age ten to fourteen.

2021-A586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    586
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, CRUZ, JEAN-PIERRE, REYES, SAYEGH, GOTT-
   FRIED, GALEF, DeSTEFANO, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, WALLACE, STECK, TAYLOR,
   FAHY, JACOBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SIMON  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
   tion of all-terrain vehicles by minors
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 2409 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   2.  Safety  certificate. Upon successful completion of a safety course
 given in conformity with subdivision one of this  section  by  a  person
 [ten] FOURTEEN years of age or over, the person or entity which gave the
 course  shall  notify  the  commissioner  of such completion in a manner
 prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall, upon receipt  of
 such  information, issue an ATV safety certificate to the person who has
 successfully completed the course. Such certificate may  be  limited  to
 the type of vehicle for which the course was given.
   §  2.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 2410 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Except as provided by subdivision two of this  section,  no  person
 under  the  age  of sixteen years shall operate an ATV except upon lands
 owned or leased by his OR HER parent or guardian, unless he  OR  SHE  is
 under  general supervision of a person eighteen years of age or over [or
 a person sixteen years of age or over who holds an  ATV  safety  certif-
 icate].  "Leased lands" as herein used shall not include lands leased by
 an organization of which said operator or his OR HER parent or  guardian
 is a member.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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