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BILL NUMBER:S3557

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the definition of all terrain vehicles

PURPOSE:   The purpose of this legislation is to update the outdated ATV definition, create a new definition for class one and class two all-terrain vehicles.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision one of section 2281 of  the  vehicle  and traffic  law to increase the defined weight of an ATV to 1200 pounds dry weight. In addition, it creates a new definition for class two  all-terrain vehicles to be 70 inches in width or 2000 pounds of dry weight.

Section  2 provides that the bill shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

JUSTIFICATION:  The current weight limit in statute for ATVs forces  New Yorkers  to  register  their vehicles in other states, resulting in lost revenue to state coffers. In art  effort  to  encompass  the  industry's current  and  future  product  offerings,  this  legislation updates the outdated definition from 1000 pounds dry weight to a class one  all-terrain  vehicle  with a weight not to exceed 1200 pounds. It also provides for a class two all-terrain vehicle which would be up to  70  inches  in width or 2000 pounds dry weight.

New York State should be doing all it can to expand one of its strongest economic sectors, tourism. This legislation is a step forward in that it will  enable  more  people  to  register their vehicles and to visit our trails which will help local economies.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-12 - S. 3742b Passed Senate/A. 6937a - Transportation Committee.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  Increased registration of vehicles  will  generate new revenues for the state.

EFFECTIVE  DATE:   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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3557

2013-2014 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 5, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, RITCHIE -- 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 the defi-
  nition of all terrain vehicles

  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] A CLASS ONE ALL-TERRAIN vehicle
does not exceed [seventy] FIFTY inches in width,  or  one  thousand  TWO
HUNDRED  pounds  dry weight AND A CLASS TWO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE DOES NOT
EXCEED SEVENTY INCHES IN WIDTH,  OR  TWO  THOUSAND  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.
  S  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.
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