Bill Text: NY S04932 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to registration of all terrain vehicles operated on public highways connecting portions of a farm or farms, municipal sanitary landfills and licensed motor vehicle repair shops.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04932 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04932-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4932 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 all terrain vehicles and agricultural use THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 3 14. REGISTRATION OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES OPERATED UPON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS 4 CONNECTING PORTIONS OF A FARM OR FARMS, MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILLS AND 5 LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION 6 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES TO BE OPERATED BY ANY 7 PERSON, UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAVELING BY THE MOST 8 DIRECT ROUTE, BUT IN NO EVENT FURTHER THAN TWENTY-FIVE MILES ONE-WAY 9 FROM A POINT ON A FARM AS DESIGNATED BY THE VEHICLE OWNER AND SET FORTH 10 IN AN ATTACHMENT TO THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION, (A) BETWEEN FIELDS, BUILD- 11 INGS, AND FACILITIES MANAGED OR OPERATED AS PART OF A SINGLE FARM ENTER- 12 PRISE IN CONNECTION WITH PRODUCTION, HARVESTING, PROCESSING OR MARKETING 13 ON THAT FARM OF CROPS, LIVESTOCK, OR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS PRODUCED ON THAT 14 FARM; OR (B) FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING MATERIALS FROM A FARM TO 15 THE NEAREST AVAILABLE MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL; OR (C) FOR THE 16 PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING THE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE 17 REPAIR SHOP LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR THE REPAIR OR ADJUST- 18 MENT OF EQUIPMENT PROVIDED THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE ROUTE RESTRICTIONS 19 SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION, NO SUCH TRANSPORT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED (I) 20 IF SUCH VEHICLE HAS AN OUT-OF-SERVICE DEFECT RELATING TO LOAD SECURE- 21 MENT, BRAKE SYSTEMS, STEERING COMPONENTS AND/OR COUPLING DEVICES, OR 22 AFTER IT HAS BEEN PLACED OUT-OF-SERVICE; (II) ON ANY LIMITED ACCESS 23 HIGHWAY; AND (III) DURING THE PERIOD OF ONE HOUR BEFORE SUNSET TO ONE 24 HOUR AFTER SUNRISE, MAY BE REGISTERED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. 25 EVERY OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLES MAY CAUSE TO BE FILED BY MAIL OR OTHERWISE, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01656-01-3 S. 4932 2 1 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR WITH ANY AGENT OF THE COMMISSIONER, AN APPLICA- 2 TION FOR REGISTRATION OF SUCH VEHICLE, ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONER, 3 AND ON A BLANK FORM TO BE FURNISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THAT 4 PURPOSE, CONTAINING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS 5 SECTION AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE. 6 THE COMMISSIONER OR AGENT SHALL MAKE SUCH INVESTIGATION, AS HE OR SHE 7 SHALL DETERMINE NECESSARY, AND IF SATISFIED THAT THE VEHICLE IS TO BE 8 OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL, UPON THE 9 PAYMENT OF A FEE OF ONE DOLLAR, ASSIGN TO SUCH VEHICLE A DISTINCTIVE 10 NUMBER AND ISSUE AND DELIVER TO THE APPLICANT A SET OF NUMBER PLATES AND 11 A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 12 PRESCRIBE, INDICATING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE VEHICLE REGISTERED MAY BE 13 OPERATED ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND SUCH VEHICLE MAY BE OPERATED ONLY AS 14 SO INDICATED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS "FARM" AND 15 "CROPS, LIVESTOCK OR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS," SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS 16 "LAND USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION" AND "CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND LIVE- 17 STOCK PRODUCTS," RESPECTIVELY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE 18 OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, EXCEPT THAT FARMERS WITH AN AVERAGE 19 GROSS SALES VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR OF CROPS, 20 LIVESTOCK, AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER VEHICLES 21 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. 22 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 23 have become a law.