Assembly Bill A150

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of all-terrain vehicles by minors

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A150 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2702
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2409 & 2410, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6087, S5035
2021-2022: A586, S680

2023-A150 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A150 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    150
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, CRUZ, JEAN-PIERRE, REYES, SAYEGH, DeSTE-
   FANO, 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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