STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
3311
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 5, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, HELMING, ORTT, RITCHIE, YOUNG -- 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 an "all terrain vehicle"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 1997, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) "All terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means any self-propelled vehicle
5 which is manufactured for sale for operation primarily on off-highway
6 trails or off-highway competitions and only incidentally operated on
7 public highways [providing that such vehicle does]. A "class one ATV"
8 may not exceed seventy inches in width, or one thousand pounds dry
9 weight. A "class two ATV" may not exceed seventy inches in width and
10 shall exceed one thousand pounds dry weight but may not exceed one thou-
11 sand eight hundred pounds dry weight. Provided, however, this definition
12 shall not include a "snowmobile" or other self-propelled vehicles manu-
13 factured for off-highway use exclusively designed for travel on snow or
14 ice, steered by skis or runners and supported in whole or in part by one
15 or more skis, belts or cleats which utilize an endless belt tread.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
18 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
19 tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and
20 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01797-01-9
