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A06156 Summary:

BILL NOA06156 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06160

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SPONSORLupardo

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COSPNSRWoerner, Jones, Stirpe, Giglio, Simpson, Lemondes, McDonald, Williams

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§501-a & 501, V & T L

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Exempts farmers from commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements when operating a covered farm vehicle within one hundred fifty miles of such farmer's farm.

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BILL NOA06156 

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02/26/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6156

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, WOERNER, JONES, STIRPE, GIGLIO, SIMPSON,
 LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
 farmers from commercial driver's license requirements while operating
 a covered farm vehicle

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 501-a of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as added by section 3 of part E of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 8. Covered farm vehicle. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles
 5 registered in this state, which (i) displays a covered farm vehicle
 6 designation issued by the commissioner, (ii) is operated by the owner or
 7 operator of a farm or ranch, or an employee or family member of an owner
 8 or operator of a farm or ranch, (iii) is used to transport agricultural
 9 commodities, livestock, machinery or supplies to or from a farm or
 10 ranch, (iv) is not used in for-hire motor carrier operations, exclusive
 11 of operation by a tenant pursuant to a crop share farm lease agreement
 12 to transport the landlord's portion of the crops under that agreement;
 13 and (v) is not used for the transportation of hazardous materials.
 14 (b) A covered farm vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehi-
 15 cle weight rating, whichever is greater, of more than twenty-six thou-
 16 sand pounds may only be operated within one hundred fifty air miles of
 17 the farm or ranch.
 18 (c) [The commissioner shall, by regulation, designate an endorsement
 19 or endorsements for the operation of covered farm vehicles with a gross
 20 vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six
 21 thousand pounds. Such endorsement or endorsements shall be required to
 22 operate such a covered farm vehicle or combination of covered farm vehi-
 23 cles. The identification and scope of such endorsement or endorsements
 24 shall, at a minimum, include a distinction between the operation of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04804-01-5

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 1 covered farm vehicle having a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle
 2 weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds and the operation
 3 of a combination of covered farm vehicles having a gross vehicle weight
 4 or gross vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds.
 5 (d)] For the purposes of this subdivision, the gross vehicle weight of
 6 a vehicle shall mean the actual weight of the vehicle and the load.
 7 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the vehicle and
 8 traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as
 9 follows:
 10 (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, a
 11 motor vehicle or combination of vehicles that is a covered farm vehicle,
 12 as defined by subdivision eight of section five hundred one-a of this
 13 article, that is operated by a farmer pursuant to section 383.3(d) of
 14 title 49 of the code of federal regulations within one hundred fifty
 15 miles of such farmer's farm, may be operated with any class license
 16 other than a class DJ, M or MJ license.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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