S3742B-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include class one and class two all-terrain vehicles

Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include class one all-terrain vehicles, which are up to 50 inches wide and 1200 pounds dry weight, and class two all-terrain vehicles, which are up to 70 inches wide and 2000 pounds dry weight.

Sponsor: GRIFFO / Co-sponsor(s): BONACIC, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE / Committee: TRANSPORTATION
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Amd S2281, V & T L

S3742B-2011 Actions

Jun 18, 2012: referred to transportation
Jun 18, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 18, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 18, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1275
Jun 18, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jun 3, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 3742B
Jun 3, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
Mar 18, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 3742A
Mar 18, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
Mar 3, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S3742B-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S3742B-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012

S3742B-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Rules - Jun 18, 2012

Ayes (16): Skelos, Farley, Fuschillo, Johnson, Larkin, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Breslin, Hassell-Thompson, Montgomery, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (5): Hannon, LaValle, Dilan, Duane, Parker
Nays (2): Sampson, Krueger
Excused (2): Alesi, Perkins

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 18, 2012

Ayes (35): Bonacic, Carlucci, Diaz, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Lanza, Larkin, Libous, Little, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Saland, Savino, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (21): Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Breslin, DeFrancisco, Dilan, Duane, Gianaris, Hassell-Thomps, Krueger, LaValle, Marcellino, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Rivera, Sampson, Serrano, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin
Excused (6): Adams, Alesi, Espaillat, Huntley, O'Mara, Perkins

S3742B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3742B

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The purpose of this legislation is to update the outdated ATV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 and decreases the width to 50 inches. 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 an 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:
New.

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.

S3742B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 3742--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 March 3, 2011
 
 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BONACIC, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, O'MARA, RANZENHOF
 ER,  RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee  discharged,
 bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
 committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
 amended and recommitted to said committee
 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.
 LBD09335-05-1

S3742B-2011: Amends the definition of all terrain vehicles to include class one and class two all-terrain vehicles