New York S 10543: Enacts the "ATV, UTV, ROV safe riding protection act"

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S10543 Summary:

BILL NOS10543 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2403 & 2410, add Art 48-D §§2500 - 2511, Art 48-E §§2600 - 2613, V & T L

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Enacts the "ATV, UTV, ROV safe riding protection act"; provides for the registration and operation of utility task vehicles.

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BILL NOS10543 

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05/19/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10543

 IN SENATE

 May 19, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 enacting the
 "ATV, UTV, ROV safe riding protection act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "ATV, UTV, ROV safe riding protection act".
 3 § 2. Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 4 two new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
 5 5. Minimum age and licensure. No person shall operate an ATV unless
 6 they are over the age of sixteen years and maintain a valid driver's
 7 license to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with New York state
 8 law.
 9 6. Speed of operation. No person shall operate an ATV at a speed in
 10 excess of thirty miles per hour, unless such ATV is being operated upon
 11 a dedicated ATV track or thoroughfare, in accordance with corresponding
 12 guidelines and safety equipment approved by the commissioner.
 13 § 3. Subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 5 of section 2410 of the vehicle and
 14 traffic law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, subdivisions 1
 15 and 2 as amended by chapter 539 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read
 16 as follows:
 17 1. Except as provided by subdivision two of this section, no person
 18 under the age of sixteen years shall operate an ATV [except upon lands
 19 owned or leased by his or her parent or guardian, unless he or she is
 20 under general supervision of a person eighteen years of age or over.
 21 "Leased lands" as herein used shall not include lands leased by an
 22 organization of which said operator or his or her parent or guardian is
 23 a member].
 24 2. [A person fourteen years of age but less than sixteen years of age
 25 who has received safety training as prescribed by the commissioner and
 26 has received the appropriate ATV safety certificate issued by the
 27 commissioner may operate an ATV in the same manner as a person who is
 28 sixteen years of age or older.] No person shall operate an ATV unless

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15937-01-6

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 1 they are over the age of sixteen years and maintain a valid driver's
 2 license to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with New York state
 3 law. A person fourteen years or older, and any person who does not main-
 4 tain a valid driver's license, may however, operate an ATV, exclusively
 5 upon lands owned or leased by such operator's parent or guardian, under
 6 the supervision of such parent or guardian, or a person eighteen years
 7 of age or over designated by such parent or guardian to supervise such
 8 operation. "Leased lands" as used in this subdivision shall not include
 9 lands leased by an organization of which said operator or such opera-
 10 tor's parent or guardian is a member.
 11 4. [No] Except as provided by subdivision two of this section, no
 12 parent or guardian shall authorize or knowingly permit [his] such parent
 13 or guardian's child or ward, if under sixteen years of age, or who does
 14 not maintain a valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle, to
 15 operate an ATV in violation of any provision of this article, any rules
 16 or regulations promulgated thereunder, or the provisions of any local
 17 law or ordinance.
 18 5. [No] Except as provided by subdivision two of this section, no
 19 owner or other person in possession