New York S 7298: Increases width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehicle

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S07298 Summary:

BILL NOS07298 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07439

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, STEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2281, V & T L

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Increases width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehicle.

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BILL NOS07298 

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04/09/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7298

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
 width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehi-
 cle

 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 not exceed [seventy]
 8 eighty inches in width, or [one] two thousand pounds dry weight.
 9 Provided, however, this definition shall not include a "snowmobile" or
 10 other self-propelled vehicles manufactured for off-highway use exclu-
 11 sively designed for travel on snow or ice, steered by skis or runners
 12 and supported in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts or cleats
 13 which utilize an endless belt tread.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02549-01-5

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