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Assembly Bill A7886

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing

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2025-A7886 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2403, V & T L

2025-A7886 - Summary

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

2025-A7886 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7886
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   certain persons to use an ATV to enter and exit certain  lands  during
   ice fishing season
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. PUBLIC LANDS PERMITTING ICE FISHING.  DURING TIMES WHEN ICE FISH-
 ING  IS PERMITTED AND ONLY ON LANDS WHERE SNOWMOBILE USE IS PERMITTED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, INCLUDING WILDLIFE MANAGE-
 MENT AREAS, STATE FORESTS, FOREST PRESERVES, AND STATE PARKS,  A  PERSON
 MAY  OPERATE  AN  ATV  TO  ENTER AND EXIT SUCH LANDS WHEN SUCH PERSON IS
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR HAS A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT THAT WOULD
 OTHERWISE PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM ICE FISHING ACCESS WITHOUT THE USE OF
 SUCH ATV, AS DETERMINED BY A PHYSICIAN. SUCH PERSONS MAY UTILIZE AN  ATV
 AS  THE OPERATOR OR PASSENGER AND SHALL RESTRICT SUCH USAGE TO TRAVELING
 TO AND FROM ICE FISHING LOCATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11283-01-5



              

2025-A7886A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2403, V & T L

2025-A7886A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

2025-A7886A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7886--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Transportation in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   certain  persons to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice
   fishing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. PUBLIC LANDS PERMITTING ICE FISHING. (A) DURING  TIMES  WHEN  ICE
 CONDITIONS  ARE REASONABLY SAFE FOR THE OPERATION OF ATVS, AS DETERMINED
 BY GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,
 AND ONLY ON LANDS WHERE SNOWMOBILE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  INCLUDING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, STATE
 FORESTS, FOREST PRESERVES, AND STATE PARKS, A PERSON MAY OPERATE AN  ATV
 TO ENTER AND EXIT SUCH LANDS WHEN SUCH PERSON IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
 OR  OLDER  OR SUCH PERSON IS SEVERELY DISABLED. SUCH PERSONS MAY UTILIZE
 AN ATV AS THE OPERATOR OR PASSENGER AND SHALL  RESTRICT  SUCH  USAGE  TO
 TRAVELING TO AND FROM ICE FISHING LOCATIONS.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SEVERELY DISABLED" SHALL
 MEAN ANY PERSON HAVING ANY ONE OR MORE  OF  THE  FOLLOWING  IMPAIRMENTS,
 DISABILITIES  OR  CONDITIONS WHICH ARE PERMANENT IN NATURE AND HAVE BEEN
 CERTIFIED BY A PHYSICIAN:
   (I) LIMITED OR NO USE OF ONE OR BOTH LOWER LIMBS;
   (II) NEURO-MUSCULAR DYSFUNCTION WHICH SEVERELY LIMITS MOBILITY;
   (III) A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT OR CONDITION  OTHER  THAN  THOSE
 SPECIFIED  IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT WHICH IS
 OF SUCH NATURE AS TO IMPOSE UNUSUAL HARDSHIP IN  ACCESSING  ICE  FISHING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11283-05-6
              

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