| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
| Jan 06, 2023 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S767
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
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2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S767
SPONSOR: COONEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operation of
an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property
PURPOSE:
To ensure safety for operators of all-terrain vehicles on public or
private property.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends section 2410 of the vehicle and traffic
law, which relates to the operation of all-terrain vehicles by minors.
The language specifies that no person may operate an ATV with a
ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 certification label in violation of the age recommenda-
tion warning label placed by the manufacturer. It further states that a
person who is ten or eleven years of age may only operate an ATV with a
70cc engine size or less and that a person who is twelve or fifteen
2023-S767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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767
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 6, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 operation of
an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE AN ATV BEARING A CERTIFICATION LABEL
CONFORMING TO ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 IN VIOLATION OF THE AGE RECOMMENDATION
WARNING LABEL AFFIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. AN ATV NOT BEARING A CERTIF-
ICATION LABEL CONFORMING TO ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 OPERATING IN THE STATE BY A
PERSON WHO IS TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL HAVE AN ENGINE SIZE OF
70CC OR LESS. AN ATV NOT BEARING A CERTIFICATION LABEL CONFORMING TO
ANSI/SVIA 1-2010 OPERATED IN THE STATE BY A PERSON WHO IS BETWEEN TWELVE
AND FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL HAVE AN ENGINE SIZE OF 90CC OR LESS.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2406 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
2. No person shall operate an ATV or ride as a passenger on an ATV ON
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY unless he is wearing a protective helmet of a
type approved by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision six of section
three hundred eighty-one of this chapter.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01595-01-3
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