Bill Text: NY S02477 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the operation of farm vehicles within the state with a class D driver's license; eliminates the requirement for a farm endorsement to operate a farm vehicle; expands definition of "farm vehicle" to include a combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02477 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S02477-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2477
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 20, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. 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 authorizing
the operation of any farm vehicle within the state by a person with a
class D driver's license; and to repeal subparagraph (vi) of paragraph
(b) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of such law relating to farm
endorsements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
2 section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 339 of
3 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iv) Class D. (A) Such license shall be valid to operate any passenger
5 or limited use automobile or any truck with a GVWR of not more than
6 twenty-six thousand pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a
7 GVWR of not more than ten thousand pounds, or any such vehicle towing
8 another vehicle with a GVWR of more than ten thousand pounds provided
9 such combination of vehicles has a GCWR of not more than twenty-six
10 thousand pounds, or any personal use vehicle with a GVWR of not more
11 than twenty-six thousand pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle
12 with a GVWR of not more than ten thousand pounds, except it shall not be
13 valid to operate a tractor, a motorcycle other than a class B or C
14 limited use motorcycle, a vehicle used to transport passengers for hire
15 or for which a hazardous materials endorsement is required, or a vehicle
16 defined as a bus in subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of
17 this title.
18 (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RESTRICTION ON THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES
19 INCLUDED IN CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, SUCH LICENSE SHALL BE VALID
20 TO OPERATE ANY FARM VEHICLE ANYWHERE WITHIN THIS STATE.
21 S 2. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section
22 501 of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 S 3. Subdivision 7 of section 501-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
2 added by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
3 7. Farm vehicle. A vehicle OR ANY COMBINATION OF VEHICLES having a
4 GVWR of not more than twenty-six thousand pounds which is controlled and
5 operated by a farmer, is used to transport agricultural products, farm
6 machinery, farm supplies or all of the aforementioned to or from the
7 farm and is not used in the operations of a common or contract motor
8 carrier and[, such a vehicle having a GVWR of more than twenty-six thou-
9 sand pounds while being used within one hundred fifty miles of the
10 person's farm] SUCH VEHICLE OR VEHICLES ARE OPERATED WITHIN THIS STATE.
11 S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
